Upper Halliford

Upper Halliford is a small village in the

In the 14th century a windmill stood at Upper Halliford, later to be replaced by a windmill at Lower Halliford.[2]

The church-linked Sunbury, at times personal chapel-enriched Kempton, and church-less Halliford were medieval manors. Upper Halliford manor was later but marked the site of a hamlet loosely associated with Halliford if only on a droving path for pastoralists and animals from Lower Halliford to access the common land almost 3 miles (4.8 km) north.^{[n 1]} Also a common meadow lay by the river in the south and southeast of Upper Halliford.^[3]

Upper Halliford Road and Windmill Road gained in importance after Walton Bridge was built in 1750. Gaston Bridge over the Ash in Upper Halliford, which had been in existence at least since the 15th century, was rebuilt at the same time.^[3]

Upper Halliford and Charlton did not share in the 18th-century popularity of the riverside and contained little but cottages and farmhouses. Several houses around the green at Upper Halliford survive from the early 19th century, while those called Halliford Manor and Home Farm Cottage close to the green are earlier; in the case of Halliford Manor its clock in its adjoining Clock House Cottage is dated 1744,^[5] though they have been much altered.^[3]

Post Industrial Revolution

Based on 1841 census statistics, Samuel Lewis (publisher) in his 1848 A topographical guide to England stated the population of the parish of Sunbury which included Charlton and Upper Halliford, an area of 2,580 acres (1,040 ha) was 1,828. ^{[n 2]}

On the establishment of the postal system, the post town of Shepperton was chosen for Upper Halliford, being at its south end, near Green Lane, nearly contiguous, making for logical rounds of post.^[7]

In 1894 the urban district of Sunbury on Thames was founded, comprising just the parish of Sunbury on Thames including, as the

In 2001 Halliford[n 3] gave a population figure of 3,011.^[6]

Elevations, Soil and Geology

Elevations range between 12m

Soil across Spelthorne is categorised as "free draining slightly acid and loamy".[11]

Landmarks

Upper Halliford Green and the Upper Halliford Conservation Area

Much of the bypassed Upper Halliford Road area including the main section of its green is a conservation area.^[12] This has recognised since 1993 the large number of buildings and structures pre-dating 1900 and the historic road pattern centred on the village green.^[2] In this area are seven buildings dating to before 1800.^[2] Frith Cottage, the listed building north of The Goat^[2] gains its name from former resident, painter William Powell Frith FRA who lived there for a time.

Care Home

A large residential care home was opened next to The Goat in the early part of the 21st century.

Amenities

Garden Centre

The village has a large garden centre with rose nursery, restaurant and café, deli food hall and craft department, rebuilt in a glass design in 2011, Squires,^[13]

The Goat

The Goat is a pre-1800 built

A large recreation ground takes up a minority of Halliford Park to the north of the main village (mainly woodland)[7] which has football, flowers, trees and paths. Between this and a farm that is now an agricultural smallholding is a landscaped set of raised bungalows with gardens on Park Home lease terms.

Demography and housing

The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

Transport

Road

Junction 1 of the M3 motorway is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast along a choice of routes and the M25 motorway is a few miles further along that motorway at Junction 2 "the Thorpe or Chertsey Interchange".

Rail

Pavements and footpaths

All of the schools in Lower Sunbury and Shepperton can be reached by pavement, along Nursery Road and Green Lane; those in Lower Sunbury can also be reached via the green and public footpath.

Bus

• Hallmark Connections
  ' routes:
  • 555 from/to Heathrow Central bus station via Heathrow Terminal 4 serves a stop east of Squires and its main local stop at Gaston Bridge Road; also linking to Shepperton, Walton, Walton-on-Thames railway station, Hersham and usually Whiteley Village; the route is circuitous for airport commuters having two detours into Sunbury and Ashford/Stanwell Tesco Extra stores, whose workers and business the route assists heavily.
    • 18 buses per weekday from this point, each way. Not served by most pre-05:45 buses.
  • 557 from/to Sunbury Tesco Extra serves the whole village street; also linking to Addlestone Tesco Extra via Shepperton, Chertsey and St Peter's Hospital.
    • 13 buses per weekday, each way. Served by every bus. No Sunday services run.

References

Notes

References

1. ^
   ward. To date it has been grouped, as historically with parts of Sunbury-on-Thames
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Conservation Area Appraisal Document
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Susan Reynolds, ed. (1962). "Sunbury: Introduction". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
4. ^ London Government Act 1963 effective date: 1 April 1965
5. ^ Halliford Manor
6. ^ ^{a b} Census data
7. ^ ^{a b c} Grid reference Finder measurement tools
8. ^ The Church of England — St Mary's, Sunbury-on-Thames
9. ^ Map created by Ordnance Survey, courtesy of English Heritage Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ Natural England – Geodiversity Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ Cranfield University National Soil Resources Institute
12. ^ Upper Halliford Conservation Area — Map
13. ^ Squires — Shepperton Garden Centre
14. ^ English Heritage Listed Buildings Register
15. ^ Association of Train Operating Companies – official timetable

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