Hale, Halton

Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800.^[1] The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 3 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.

Demography

The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).^[3][4][1]

Economy

In 2020, the GVA for the Hale Built-up Area was £11.9 million.^[5]

Notable people

John Middleton (1578–1623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin.^[6]

Audrey Withers (1905–2001), editor of Vogue between 1940 and 1960, was born in Hale, where her father was a local doctor.^[7]

Charles Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh (1905-1985), (usually known as Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh), was the last "lord of the manor" of Hale, and resided at The Manor House, Hale from 1947-1985. An architect and architectural historian, he served in the Second World War, partly in co-ordination with the Maquis (guerrilla fighters) in occupied France.^[8]

Former Liverpool footballer Jermaine Pennant also lived in Hale.^[9]

Hale Head Lighthouse

Hale Head is the southernmost point in the historic county of Lancashire. A lighthouse was established here in 1838; the original octagonal structure was superseded by a taller cylindrical tower in 1906. The rebuilding was overseen by John Arthur Saner, civil engineer.^[10] The light was discontinued in 1958 because of a decline in shipping, and sold a few years later for £1,100;^[11] the building remains in use as a private residence. The former optic is now in Merseyside Maritime Museum.^[12]

See also

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Area profile for Hale". Office for National Statistics - Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwest England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
3. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hale Parish (00ET002)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hale Parish (E04000314)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. ^ Chiripanhura, Blessing; Fenton, Trevor (24 January 2023). "UK small area gross value added (GVA) estimates". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
6. ^ "A tall tale: The Childe of Hale remembered". BBC News. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
7. ^ Drusilla Beyfus, 'Withers [married names Stewart, Kennett], (Elizabeth) Audrey (1905–2001), magazine editor' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2005)
8. ^ "Fleetwood-Hesketh, Charles P. | Monuments Men and Women | Monuments Men Foundation". MonumentsMenWomenFnd. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
9. ^ Rossington, Ben (17 July 2007). "Pennant pays the penalty for home disturbance". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
10. ^ "John Arthur Saner". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History.
11. ^ "Lighthouse sold". The Nautical Magazine. 187: 188. 1962.
12. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwest England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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