Hail Weston, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Hail Weston, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire. The village stands near the river Rym, and near the boundary with Beds, 2½ miles NW from St Neots station on the G.N.R., and has a post office under St Neots; money order and telegraph office, St Neots. The parish comprises 1590 acres; population of the civil parish, 307; of the ecclesiastical, with Southoe, 530. The manor belongs to Edward Reynolds, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Southoe, in the diocese of Ely; joint gross value, £300 with residence. The church, which is a small building of rubble, brick, and wood, was restored in 1884. There is an endowed Baptist chapel. There are some mineral springs here which are used by a company for the manufacture of aerated waters.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hail-Weston St. Nicholas | |
Hundred | Toseland | |
Poor Law union | St. Neots |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1558.
Churches
Church of England
St. Nicholas (parish church)
The church of St. Nicholas is a small edifice of rubble, brick and wood, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave under one roof, porch on the south side, and a wooden tower at the west end covered with oak shingles and containing 3 bells: the stained east window was erected by Henry Shadforth esq. to the memory of his wife, who died on October 21st, 1913: the church was thoroughly restored in 1884, at a cost of £1,000, raised by voluntary contributions: there are 140 sittings.
Baptist
Baptist chapel
There is a Baptist chapel, founded in 1757, with an endowment for the maintenance of the minister.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hail Weston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hail-Weston (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hail Weston are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)