Shackleford
Shackleford | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Godalming | |
Postcode district | GU8 | |
Dialling code | 01483 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Shackleford is a village and
. Shackleford includes the localities of Eashing, Hurtmore, Norney and Gatwick.History
The village does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086; however, Hurtmore manor in the east of the parish and Rodsall manor, just to the west of the parish, a far-south part of Puttenham, do appear.[2] The name first appears in 1220, as Sakelesford, and appears in a variety of mostly quite minor variants thereafter. The second element, -ford, is self-explanatory, but the etymology of the "Shackle-" element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is from Old English sceacol 'a shackle', perhaps with reference to a chain used to aid in crossing the river.[3] Alternatively, there may have been an unattested Old English adjective *sceacol 'shaky, loose' from the stem of the Old English verb sceacan 'to shake', perhaps with reference to the bed of the river.[4] It has also been suggested that the element might derive from an unattested Old English noun akin to Old High German scahho 'strip or tongue of land' or to Old Norse skekill as in útskekill 'the outskirts of a field', but there is nothing in the local topography pointing to such meanings.[5] Whatever the etymology, in 1349 a John de Shackleford was one of three persons enfeoffed of a nearby manor;[6] his surname, which at that relatively late date was most likely hereditary, doubtless referred to the Surrey village.
Hall Place (see landmarks) was a large house of Richard Wyatt
Many of the houses that still stand today were built in the 18th century, although there was a further expansion of the village when the railway line was constructed between
Geography
Most of the parish consists of relative uplands to the Wey Valley; elevations vary between 102 m
Shackleford is centred 32 miles (51 km) southwest of London and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) southwest of Guildford.[11]
Soil
Shackleford's soil is of two types. An arc of wet heath soil is to the south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west of the village centre, covering all of Norney and Gatwick. This is the same type of heath as in Esher, Oxshott, Weybridge, Wisley, all around Woking, Brookwood, Deepcut, Pirbright, Frimley, Lightwater, Camberley, Chobham Common, Virginia Water and Ottershaw is "naturally wet, very acid sandy and loamy soil" which is just 1.9% of English soil and 0.2% of Welsh soil, which gives rise to pines and coniferous landscapes, such as pioneered at Wentworth and Foxhills estate (now spa, hotel, restaurant and golf club) by pro-American Independence statesman Charles James Fox.[12] Consequently, Malden summarised Shackleford's visual landscape in 1911 "The hamlet of Shackleford contains some old cottages and farm buildings and many new houses in very beautiful scenery."[7] Samuel Lewis writing in his magnum opus of 1848 "A Topographical Dictionary of England" described the country here in that "Eashing House is situated on a commanding brow overlooking the beautiful valley of Eashing." The remainder of the soil is in common with Godalming, "free draining slightly acid loamy" and is the dominant type in the centre of Shackleford, as well as throughout Eashing and Hurtmore.[12][13]
Localities
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Gatwick, Shackleford
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Part of Gatwick hamlet
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On the Wey. Eashing mediaeval double bridge built by monks from Waverley Abbey
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Part of Hurtmore
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Eashing Bridge, in the care of the National Trust
Eashing
Eashing is a hamlet 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Shackleford on the
Eashing is now administered by
Noel Fitzpatrick's veterinary practice is located at Eashing, and has been seen in television programmes including The Bionic Vet.[14]
Hurtmore
Hurtmore is a settlement and locality roughly east of Shackleford, adjoining hilly developed parts of the outskirts of Godalming such as Charterhouse Hill and Prior's Field (which is part of the village of Compton). On Charterhouse Hill, which comes under Godalming, is a well known public school (independent). Charterhouse School. The name is derived from the word hurt ('hart'/deer) and mere ('pond'), which still exists in a rather poor state at Hurtmore Bottom.
A hot air balloon provider, Reach 4 The Sky, operates flights from the land behind the pub cottages, historically used as a chalk quarry.
Norney
Six listed buildings are spread about among the no more than 30 private residences, most with private woods.[9] These are: The Lodge,[18] The Church of St Mary,[10] Norney Grange,[19] The Lodge to Norney Grange,[20] Norney Farmhouse[21] and Norney Old House[22] which is a Tudor period cottage with extensions. One of these, Norney Grange is Grade II* listed, (described in Landmarks, below).
Gatwick
Nestled among fir and beech plantations is a small neighbourhood consisting of 15 houses named Gatwick (not to be confused with the former hamlet in
Its coordinates are 51°11′45″N 0°41′32″W / 51.19583°N 0.69222°W (SU 916 450).
Landmarks
Norney Grange
Norney Grange, designed by Charles Voysey,[19] is the highest architecturally graded listed building in the Norney part of the parish, a rectangular late 1897-1903 built, roughcast stone home with yellow limestone dressings. Its interior is just as remarkable as its exterior, with among many carved features, a green marble chimney breast in end room to left and a half-dome ceiling with gallery landing to the rear. The house has featured prominently in film and on television, such as in the 2021 film The Dig, standing in as Edith Pretty's house at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk.
Hall Place/ Aldro School
William de Shackleford probably owned Hall Place - a substantial manor house which existed here in the 15th century. Its estate covered many acres, including much of today's village.
Hall Place was demolished in 1797 and a new mansion was built on the site in the late 19th century. During the
Mitchen Hall
To the south-west is a late 17th-century two-storey galleted coursed sandstone home with red brick dressings facing its round front drive, which is listed.[24]
Anglo-Saxon fortified village and bridge
During the reign of King
The bridge is officially listed as "probably built by the monks of Waverley Abbey"; it is made of local rubble stone with thin slabs of Bargate stone set in mortar to form voussoirs over the arches. Its top is of 18th-century bricks with no parapet but instead for safety, twentieth-century wooden posts and railings. The east span consists of three arches and the west four. Pointed cutwaters to upstream side and rounded cutwaters, "very rare", to downstream side.[27]
Demography and housing
Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes | shared between households[1] |
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(Civil Parish) | 150 | 77 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
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(Civil Parish) | 770 | 268 | 35.1% | 35.8% | 803[1] |
The proportion of households (a sizeable minority of which share buildings) in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free). The population has increased from 740 in the 2001 census.
Transport
Public transport
A bus services operates in Hurtmore through the village taking people into the nearby town of Godalming.
The main line between
Roads
An A3 intersection to local roads is directly between Norney and Hurtmore, which is one of three which can be used to access the town of Godalming.[9] Eashing can be accessed by bridleway and footpath under the A3 or from the A3 itself, not by local roads to the northwest.
Notable residents
- Ashley Cole, England footballer
- Cheryl Cole, singer
- Sir Edgar Horne, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Sir David Orr, Chairman of Unilever
- Sir David Randall Pye, Provost of University College London
See also
- List of places of worship in Guildford (borough)
External links
- Shackleford
- Shackleford Civil Parish Council website and visitor guide
- 1917 historic film of Women's Land Army at Cross Farm
- Eashing
- Eashing Pages of Shackleford Parish Council's webpages
- The Eashing Chapel – Congregationalist Church
- Eashing / AEscengum Medieval History
- Hurtmore
Notes and references
- Notes
- Livery Companies
- References
- ^ a b c d Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density 2011 United Kingdom census Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Place - from the Open Domesday website
- ISBN 0-521-36209-1.
- ISBN 978-0-904889-22-2.
- ^ A.H. Smith (1956). English Place-Name Elements, Part II (Jafn-Ytri), English Place-Name Society, Volume XXVI, s.v. sceacol.
- ^ H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Compton". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 30 May 2019..
- ^ a b c d H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Godalming". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1188841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Map created by Ordnance Survey, courtesy of English Heritage
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1029528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ a b Grid reference Finder measurement tools
- ^ a b Cranfield University National Soil Resources Institute
- ^ Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). "Earnshill - Eastbourne". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ The Bionic Vet - BBC series
- ^ Source: Reach4TheSky http://www.reach4thesky.co.uk/
- ^ Hurtmore Golf Club
- ^ Source: Beer in the Evening. A squirrel in a cage used to be the sign of a tinker.http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/69/6990/Squirrel_at_Hurtmore/Hurtmore/
- ^ Historic England. "The Lodge (1029516)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Norney Grange (1029515)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Norney Grange Lodge (1188942)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Norney Farmhouse (1294498)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Norney Old House (1377745)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Aldro School Grade II listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1029521)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Mitchen Hall, Grade II listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1294567)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Anglo-Saxon fortified centre at Eashing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1017720)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Eashing (old) Bridge Scheduling Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1002975)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ a b Eashing Bridges Grade I listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1377743)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ The Association of Train Operating Companies official timetable, London to Portsmouth