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Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, UK. It is four miles north-west of the county town of Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
and nine miles south-east of Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...
, in the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall
Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall
Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall is a civil parish in the Warwick District of Warwickshire, England. It was created in 2007 by the merger of the former civil parishes of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall. At the 2001 census it had a population of 565...
, created in 2007. The village is on the A4177 and is easily accessible as it is only five miles from the M40 motorway
M40 motorway
The M40 motorway is a motorway in the British transport network that forms a major part of the connection between London and Birmingham. Part of this road forms a section of the unsigned European route E05...
. Haseley proper, along with Haseley Knob, Haseley Green and Waste Green, consists mainly of detached houses spread over a large area, giving the parish a very low housing density. There were, according to the 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, 207 residents living in 92 dwellings.
It is an affluent area, with an average house price of around £277,000http://www.proviser.com/page/property_prices?EXACT=Y&DA=9645&AREA=HASELEY,%20WARWICK,%20WARWICKSHIRE. Due to this and its proximity to the tourist towns of Warwick and Stratford upon Avon there are several large and highly-rated hotels around the village, as well as the Haseley Business Centre in the old manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
, which was formerly the conference centre for the nationalised car manufacturer British Leyland. The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, St Mary's, is medieval in origin, and revealed evidence of its original decoration during restoration work some years ago.
Haseley's fifteen minutes of fame came in 1588. At the time a non-conformist publication was enraging the bishops of the Church of England
Church of England
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and was the talk of England. To avoid detection the printing press had to move around periodically and it came to the village that year, as one of the writers was the nephew of the lord of the manor. However it was discovered there and the head of the movement, John Penry
John Penry
John Penry is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr.-Early life:He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic; but soon...
, was later hanged.