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Welcome to the Hatley website
 The parish of Hatley unites the hamlets of Hatley St George and East Hatley, half a mile apart in the arable farmland of south Cambridgeshire.
Hatley is roughly halfway between Bedford and Cambridge, linked by footpaths and bridleways to the surrounding villages.
The two hamlets predate Domesday. They share two medieval churches, a village shop-cum-post office and a cricket green. There is a useful, and up-to-date, section on Hatley on the Wikipedia website. Details of the listed buildings in Hatley can be found on the British Listed Buildings website.
The Grade II* listed parish church of Hatley St George stands opposite
St George's Tower, originally a water tower, now a small business park.
A feature of the Hatleys is that the more important buildings were once surrounded by moats. These can still be seen, especially in East Hatley.
Next to a good water-supply, a dry soil for building was generally essential, though some west Cambridgeshire villages planted upon heavy ill-drained clays put a moat around every house to drain the site, as at East Hatley, where most of the moats, or the remains of them, can be traced to this day.
From English Landscapes by W G Hoskins, BBC Publications, 1973 (ISBN 0563 12407 5).
Professor W G
Hoskins (1908 - 1992) is credited with establishing English local history as a formal academic discipline. His pioneering book The Making of the English Landscape, first published in 1955 (ISBN 0140154108), is well worth reading, although currently out of print – second hand copies can be obtained via Amazon.
St. Denis church – also Grade II* listed and now an empty shell no longer in use and on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk register, although the churchyard is still consecrated – retains its moat; other moats can be seen from the road near Manor Barn and The Palace.
There is more about the history of the Hatleys on our About Hatley page – and photographs of Hatley and the surrounding area on the Geograph site. The Geograph Britain and Ireland project is collecting geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland from material supplied by, well, anyone.
This website is primarily for the residents of Hatley St George and East Hatley, with news, history, community updates and local services. |
Use the bars on the left for links to other sections of this site –
or click site map for a full listing
Latest
Village Hall booking form.
▲ The wonderful concert in
Hatley St George Church
on 12 May. Click here for
photographs.
▲ A walk in Buff Wood – click
on the photo for a report and
more pictures, taken during
the walk and in 2004. While
in the 'Outdoors and leisure'
section of this website, take
a look at the other pages.
Sunday 30 June – two big
Hatley events!!
** East Hatley open gardens
+ evening BBQ.
** The Village Fête, 2.00 pm.
2013 / 2014 postal rates.
Cricket has started again –
click here for the 2013
Hatley fixture list... and read
Matt Knibbs' highly
entertaining reports (far better
than anything you'll read in
national press!).
Interested in archaeology?
See the Latest page
HATLEY EVENTS, 2013 –
listed on the Latest page.
Coming soon:
Hatley PC, 21 May
Village Fête, 30 June
Race night, 21 September
Hatley Folk Night, 19 Oct
History talk, November
Christmas Tea, 15 Dec
▲ The interior of Hatley St
George church – celebrated
in Malcolm Guite's lovely
poem Hatley St George and
his St George's Day blog,
from where the photo came.
![Audience at the Barn Owl talk given by Peter Wilkinson, the Barn Owl Conservation Network advisdor [www.bocn.org] at Hatley Village Hall, 12 April 2013.](images/Barn owl talk audience [IMG_2291] - 185 px.jpg)
▲ Fascinated by barn owls –
the 50 strong audience
listening to Peter Wilkinson,
the Barn Owl Conservation
Network advisor
[www.bocn.org] at Hatley
Village Hall, 12 April 2013.
Click on the picture for a
larger image.
Pilates Club Make it a regular date 22 May and every Wednesday, 7.30 pm, Hatley
Village Hall.
Details of all local C of E
services are available on the
Gamlingay Church website.
In Hatley, the services at
Hatley St George church are
held every second (11.00 am)
and fourth (8.00 am) Sunday
of the month.
St Denis, East Hatley: SCDC,
which owns 'our' Grade II*
building, is deciding what to
with it – selling it is one
option.
This was discussed at the
Parish Council meeting on
15 January – for the minutes
of the meeting, please click
HERE.
A copy of the relevant
pages of SCDC's Portfolio
Holder's meeting report is
available by clicking
HERE. Go also to another
St Denis link below.
Minutes of the recent AGMs
of Little Gransden Airfield
and Cambridge Gliding
Centre – scroll to the bottom
of the page for the link. Note
their special flying days in
2013.
Station parking information
updated.
2013/14 postal rates.
Draft minutes of the Parish
Council's January 2013
meeting.
Revised open times at the
Doctors' surgery.
Archaeological report on
St Denis, East Hatley,
December 2005 – click here to
download the (large file) PDF...
ALSO
Species list.
Site recording card.
Site management plan.
Site map.
Insects and Cave Spider.
Take a look at Hatley Village
Association and the St Denis
Nature Reserve Local
Management Group.
Train facilities page
updated and enhanced –
including details of when
peak time charges apply.
101 – the new police
non-
emergency number.
Blue bins – what goes in them.
Bin collections:
Thursday 23 May – black bin.
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![Audience at the Barn Owl talk given by Peter Wilkinson, the Barn Owl Conservation Network advisdor [www.bocn.org] at Hatley Village Hall, 12 April 2013.](images/Barn owl talk audience [IMG_2291] - 1500 px.jpg)