In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hailey like this:
HAILEY, a township and a chapelry in Witney parish, Oxford. The township lies near the river Wye, 2 miles N by W of Witney r. station. Acres, 2, 827. Real property, £5, 959. Pop., 1, 316. Houses, 299. The chapelry includes also the hamlet of Crawley; and bears the name of Hailey-cum-Crawley. ...
Post town, Witney. Acres, 3, 943. Real property, £7, 055. Pop., 1, 569. Houses, 301. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. * Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1869. There are an endowed school with £14, and other charities with £33.
Hailey through time
Hailey is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hailey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hailey in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9806
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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