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Down Hatherley is a civil parish and village in Tewkesbury (borough) near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It has approximately 165 houses and a population of 450, reducing to 419 at the 2011 census. The village was recorded (combined with Up Hatherley) as ''Hegberleo'' in 1022. It was listed as ''Athelai'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1273 it was known as ''Dunheytherleye'' and in 1221, ''Hupheberleg''.〔 The name derived from the Old English ''hagu-thorn'' + ''lēah'' meaning "hawthorn clearing".〔 the distinguishing affixes "Up" and "Down" derived from the Old English ''upp'' meaning "higher upstream" and ''dūne'' meaning "lower downstream".〔 Up Hatherley is a separate parish three miles upstream on the Hatherley Brook.〔 Historic buildings include St Mary's Church (15th-century tower, otherwise rebuilt 1860) and Hatherley Court (or House) (17th century), now a hotel. Jemmy Wood, ''The Gloucester Miser'', was a former owner of Hatherley House and estate.〔(Jemmy Wood. ) Down Hatherley History, 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.〕 ==Notable residents== * Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence, son of the rector * Peter Bellinger Brodie (1815–1897), geologist and churchman * The Page Wood Baronets of Hatherley House * Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London * William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), Lord Chancellor * Sir Frederick Courtenay Selous (1851–1917), explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Down Hatherley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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