In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hawley like this:
HAWLEY, a tything and a chapelry in Yately parish, Hants. The tything lies near the river Blackwater, the boundary with Surrey, and Blackwater r. station, 8 N by E of Farnham; and has a fair on 8 Nov. Real property, £3,119. Pop., with Minley, 1,119. Houses, 202. The chapelry was constituted in 1838; and its post-town is Blackwater, under Farnborough Station. ...
Pop., 805. Houses, 153. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, not reported. * Patrons, the Representatives of the Late Rev. J. Randell. The church is a Gothic edifice of 1838. There is a national school.
Hawley through time
Hawley is now part of Hart district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hart has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hawley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hawley, in Hart and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4792
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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