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Hadleigh is a town in southeast Essex, England, on the A13 between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea with a population of about 18,300.〔(Local Town & Area Guide for Hadleigh in Essex - Town-Guides.org )〕 It has a squared bypass to the north (the A127 'Southend Arterial Road'). ==History== (詳細はcastle of the same name, and the country park that surrounds it. This gives its name to the whole local government district and to Castle Point with its extensive views overlooking the Thames Estuary. Most of the facing stones were stripped from the castle in the 16th century – the only bits still visible today being high inside the surviving towers and a small section of the 'gate house' – so most of what remains today is the rubble infill that was packed between the outer facing stones. Despite this the skeletal remains are pleasing to the eye and have been considered a romantic ruin for a few hundred years. John Constable painted Hadleigh Castle in 1829. The painting now belongs to the Yale Center for British Art, and is on permanent display in its museum on the Yale campus.〔(John Constable. Hadleigh Castle. - Olga's Gallery )〕 Based on the previous census, writing in 1848, Samuel Lewis (publisher), summarised the facts of its history and economy as follows: *It had 366 inhabitants. *The Poor Law Union covering the area was Rochford *In the reign of Henry II of England a castle was built here by Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, the remains of which are picturesquely situated on the brow of a steep hill, and consist chiefly of two dilapidated circular towers. *The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 14. 7.; net income, £450 (year ); patrons, the Rector and Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford. The church is an ancient structure, of which the eastern end is semicircular, and in the Norman style. A school is endowed with £781 three % consols. In the 19th century, Hadleigh was the home of the cunning man James Murrell. He died in the town in December 1860. The town has never had a railway station and almost all of its architecture is late 19th and 20th century – only three buildings are listed but one of these is the church, which is Grade I listed.〔St James the Less 〕 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「Hadleigh, Essex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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