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Henley-on-Thames

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Henley-on-Thames (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, Template:Convert northeast of Reading, Template:Convert west of Maidenhead, Template:Convert southeast of Oxford and Template:Convert west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The population at the 2021 census was 12,186.<ref name="bua2011"/>

HistoryEdit

There is archaeological evidence of people residing in Henley since the second century as part of the Romano-British period.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first record of Henley as a substantial settlement is from 1179, when it is recorded that King Henry II "had bought land for the making of buildings". King John granted the manor of Benson and the town and manor of Henley to Robert Harcourt in 1199.Template:Citation needed A church at Henley is first mentioned in 1204. In 1205 the town received a tax for street paving, and in 1234 the bridge is first mentioned. In 1278 Henley is described as a hamlet of Benson with a chapel. The street plan was probably established by the end of the 13th century. As a demesne of the crown it was granted in 1337 to John de Molyns, whose family held it for about 250 years.Template:Citation needed

The existing Thursday market, it is believed, was granted by a charter of King John. A market was certainly in existence by 1269; however, the jurors of the assize of 1284 said that they did not know by what warrant the Earl of Cornwall held a market and fair in the town of Henley. The existing Corpus Christi fair was granted by a charter of Henry VI. During the Black Death pandemic that swept through England in the 14th century, Henley lost 60% of its population.<ref name=hor>Template:Cite book</ref> A variation on its name can be seen as "Henley up a Tamys" in 1485.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By the beginning of the 16th century, the town extended along the west bank of the Thames from Friday Street in the south to the Manor, now Phyllis Court, in the north and took in Hart Street and New Street. To the west, it included Bell Street and the Market Place.

Henley suffered at the hands of both parties in the Civil War. Later, William III rested here on his march to London in 1688, at the nearby recently rebuilt Fawley Court, and received a deputation from the Lords. The town's period of prosperity in the 17th and 18th centuries was due to manufactures of glass and malt, and trade in corn and wool. Henley-on-Thames supplied London with timber and grain. A workhouse to accommodate 150 people was built at West Hill in Henley in 1790, and was later enlarged to accommodate 250 as the Henley Poor Law Union workhouse.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GovernanceEdit

There are three tiers of local government covering Henley, at civil parish (town), district, and county level: Henley-on-Thames Town Council, South Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The town council is based at Henley Town Hall in the Market Place.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Administrative historyEdit

Henley-on-Thames was an ancient parish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The town was also an ancient borough from the middle ages. Its date of becoming a borough is not known; it appears to have been a seigneurial borough under the control of the lord of the manor, who allowed the town's merchant guild to effectively run the town. The town's first municipal charter was granted in 1568 by Elizabeth I.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The borough was left unreformed when most boroughs across the country were standardised under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Government commissioners had concluded that Henley's corporation had too few functions and the town was too small to justify the cost of reform.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The old borough corporation continued to exist, but did not qualify for any subsequent new local government powers. In order to provide more modern forms of local government, notably including the provision of sewers, a separate local government district with an elected local board had to be set up in 1864. The local board then operated alongside the unreformed borough corporation until 1883, when the borough was eventually reformed to become a municipal borough. The reformed borough corporation (also known as the town council) took on the abolished local board's functions.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The borough of Henley-on-Thames was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. District-level functions passed to the new South Oxfordshire District Council.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref> A successor parish called Henley-on-Thames was created covering the area of the abolished borough, with its parish council taking the name Henley-on-Thames Town Council.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>

Landmarks and structuresEdit

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Henley Bridge over the River Thames
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Henley Bridge, engraved in 1812 from a drawing by J. P. Neale, and published in The Beauties of England and Wales
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Chantry House, next to the church

Henley Bridge is a five arched bridge across the river built in 1786. It is a Grade I listed historic structure. During 2011 the bridge underwent a £200,000 repair programme after being hit by the boat Crazy Love in August 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> About Template:Convert upstream of the bridge is Marsh Lock.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Henley Town Hall, which occupies a prominent position in the Market Place, was designed by Henry Hare and completed in 1900.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> Chantry House is the second Grade I listed building in the town. It is unusual in having more storeys on one side than on the other.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin is nearby and has a 16th-century tower.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Old Bell is a pub in the centre of Henley on Bell Street. The building has been dated from 1325: the oldest-dated building in the town.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> To celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 60 oak trees were planted in the shape of a Victoria Cross near Fairmile, the long straight road to the northwest of the town.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Two notable buildings just outside Henley, in Buckinghamshire, are:

TransportEdit

The town's railway station is the terminus of the Henley Branch Line from Twyford. In the past there have been direct services to London Paddington. There are express mainline rail services from Reading (Template:Cvt) to Paddington. Trains from High Wycombe (Template:Cvt) go to London Marylebone. The M4 motorway (junction 8/9) and the M40 motorway (junction 4) are both about (Template:Cvt) away.

Bus route 850 is operated by Carousel Buses on a 15 minute frequency between High Wycombe, Marlow and Henley, extending every 30 minutes to Reading via Wargrave and Twyford.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Henley-on-Thames from the playground near the railway station

Notable businessesEdit

Organic baby food manufacturer Ella's Kitchen is headquartered in Henley-on-Thames.

EducationEdit

PrimaryEdit

  • Badgemore Primary School, Hop Gardens
  • Sacred Heart RC School, Greys Hill
  • Trinity CE Primary School, Vicarage Road
  • Valley Road Primary School, Valley Road

SecondaryEdit

IndependentEdit

Further educationEdit

RowingEdit

Henley is a world-renowned centre for rowing. Each summer the Henley Royal Regatta is held on Henley Reach, a naturally straight stretch of the river just north of the town. It was extended artificially. The event became "Royal" in 1851, when Prince Albert became patron of the regatta.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other regattas and rowing races are held on the same reach, including Henley Women's Regatta, Henley Town and Visitors Regatta, Henley Veteran Regatta, Upper Thames Small Boats Head, Henley Fours and Eights Head, and Henley Sculls. These "Heads" often attract strong crews that have won medals at National Championships.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Local rowing clubs include:

The regatta depicted throughout Dead in the Water, an episode of the British detective television series Midsomer Murders, was filmed at Henley.

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A race during the Henley Royal Regatta

River and Rowing MuseumEdit

The River and Rowing Museum, located in Mill Meadows, is the town's one museum. It was established in 1998, and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The museum, designed by the architect David Chipperfield, features information on the River Thames, the sport of rowing, and the town of Henley itself.

Other sportsEdit

Henley has the oldest football team Henley Town F.C. recognised by the Oxfordshire Football Association, they play at The Triangle ground. Henley also has a rugby union club Henley Hawks which play at the Dry Leas ground, a hockey club Henley Hockey Club which play at Jubilee Park, and Henley Cricket Club which has played at Brakspear Ground since 1886.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a new club in Henley was started in September 2016 called Henley Lions FC.

Notable peopleEdit

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The actor David Tomlinson, seen here in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, was born and raised in the town.
  • Gerry Anderson (1929–2012), creator of Sixties television series Thunderbirds lived in Henley-on-Thames.
  • Sir Martyn Arbib led the Perpetual fund management company during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, rather than London. Arbib was a major benefactor in the establishment of the River and Rowing Museum at Henley, which opened in 1998.
  • Mary Berry, food writer and television presenter, lives in Henley.
  • Mary Blandy (1720–1752) lived at Blandy House her family's home in Henley, now a dental surgery. In 1752, she was hanged for the murder, by poisoning, of her father, Francis Blandy who had opposed her engagement to a Scottish man who was already married. She proclaimed on the day of the hanging in Oxford: "Gentlemen, don't hang me high for the sake of decency". Mary is buried with her parents at St Mary The Virgin's Church, despite that being forbidden at the time for a murderer.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> She is said to haunt the Kenton Theatre, the family house and St Mary's churchyard.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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MediaEdit

NewspaperEdit

Henley has one local newspaper, the Henley Standard which is also available online.

News websiteEdit

In addition to the Henley Standard website, there is another source of news online: the Henley Herald <ref name="Henley Herald">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

RadioEdit

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Berkshire on 94.6 FM, Heart South on 103.4 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire and North Hampshire on 107.0 FM and London's radio stations such as Capital and Magic along with a few others can also be received. Regatta Radio was broadcast during Henley Royal Regatta for a number of years up to 2014.

TelevisionEdit

As Henley is on an overlap of TV regions, it is possible to receive signals from the Crystal Palace (BBC London/ITV London) and Hannington (BBC South/ITV Meridian) transmitters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the local relay transmitter for Henley only broadcasts programmes from ITV London and BBC London, making Henley the only part of Oxfordshire included within the London television region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In popular cultureEdit

Henley-on-Thames was represented in the 2010 American drama film The Social Network as the site of a rowing competition between the US and the Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Twin towns, sister cities and related localitiesEdit

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Henley is twinned with:

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And has a 'friendship link' with:

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In addition, several localities around the world are named after Henley, including:

  • Henley, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Henley Beach, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.<ref>The Romance of Place Names of South Australia, By Geoffrey.H.Manning, 1986, p.89.</ref>
  • Henley, a township on the Taieri Plain in New Zealand.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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