- Headley, East Hampshire
:"For other places called Headley, see
Headley ."infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 51.119239
longitude= -0.827121
official_name= Headley
population=
civil_parish= Headley
shire_district=East Hampshire
shire_county =Hampshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= East Hampshire
post_town= GUILDFORD
postcode_district= GU35 8
postcode_area= GU
dial_code= 01428
os_grid_reference= SU821362Headley is a village and
civil parish in theEast Hampshire district ofHampshire ,England . It is 1.8 miles (2.9km) east ofBordon on the B3002 road.The nearest railway station is 3.6 miles (5.8km) south of the village at Liphook.
Headley is the oldest of three villages in the south of England of that name and has gone through a number of name spellings, but was first noted in the
Domesday Book : "In Neatham Hundred — The Count (Eustace) himself holds 5 hides in Headley which answered for 3 hides before 1066. Earl Godwin Held it. They account for it in (Bishops) Sutton."The
civil parish of Headley has apopulation of over 5,500. The parish comprises a number of hamlets as well as the village of Headley itself:Standford ,Arford ,Headley Down , Barford,Wishanger , Sleaford,Trottsford , and part ofHollywater . Current area is 4,862 acres (19.7 km²). The original parish also includedGrayshott (until 1902),Lindford , and a considerable portion of Bordon (until 1929). Theecclesiastical parish of All Saints, Headley served Lindford andBordon , although notGrayshott , until March 2002 — since then Bordon became a separate ecclesiastical parish.Notable inhabitants
* Lord King-Hall of Headley - journalist, playwright and politician.
Notable events
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Headley Grange was used as a recording studio by several pop groups in the 1970s including: Genesis,Bad Company ,Pretty Things ,Ian Dury (1976) andClover (band) (1977) – but famously in 1971Led Zeppelin recorded their fourth album there,Led Zeppelin IV , containing "Stairway to Heaven ".
* [http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/benifold.htm Benifold] was bought by the groupFleetwood Mac in 1970 and used to record their "Future Games ", "Bare Trees ", "Penguin" and "Mystery to Me " albums. They sold the property around 1974.External links
* [http://www.headley-village.com Headley Village web site]
*cite web
title = Headley's Past in Pictures
work = Hantsphere
publisher =Hampshire County Council
url = http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=hants&f=generic_theme%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&t=hs%2dhs%2dheadley_headleyd&%3dtheme_record_id=hs%2dhs%2dheadley_introduction&s=p4U5uCIPuNu
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/ Headley history]
* [http://www.headley-grange.com Headley Grange web site]
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/hall/ Headley Village Hall]
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headsoc/ Headley Society]
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/htc/ Headley Theatre Club]
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/books/ Headley local books — direct sales]
* [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/canadians.htm Canadians in Headley during WW2]
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