Haynes, Bedfordshire

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Haynes is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about Template:Convert south of Bedford. It includes the small hamlet of Haynes Church End. It used to be known as Hawnes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> North from Haynes is a hamlet named Silver End, then further up is Herrings Green, Cotton End and Shortstown. There is a pub, "The Greyhound", a shop, a post office, a village hall and a Lower School.

In 1730 the philosopher John Gay became Vicar of Wilshamstead (later adding the living of Haynes).

Etymology

The name Haynes is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Hagenes. This derives from an Old English word *hægen or *hagen meaning 'enclosure', in its plural form.<ref>Mills, A. D., A Dictionary of English Place Names (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), s.v. Haynes.</ref>

Manor

Haynes Park in 2001

Haynes or Hawnes Manor belonged to Sir Robert Newdigate, who died in 1613, and King James was a regular visitor.<ref>'Newdigate, Robert II (c.1565-1613), of Hawnes', History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981</ref> Anne of Denmark came in July 1605 and was entertained by a Scottish singing woman and Morris dancers.<ref>Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 195.</ref> King James came to Haynes on 22 July 1615. The next day he heard that his brother-in-law Christian IV was in London at Denmark House, and he raced back riding through a hail storm.<ref>John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), pp. 13–4.</ref>

Haynes manor was acquired in about 1667 by Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c.1610-1680) of Jersey.<ref>Victoria County History, Bedford, Volume 2, William Page (editor), 1908, pp. 338–344, Parishes: Hawnes or Haynes [1]</ref><ref>See: article in Country Life Magazine, by C. Hussey "Hawnes, Bedfordshire", Country Life, 29 December 1934, pp. 692–697 featuring Hawnes (Haynes Park) the property of Hawnes School. With a 6 page write up with black and white illustrations of the exterior and interior of the house [2]</ref>

The present mansion of Haynes Park was built c.1725 by his son John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville. Template:Clear left

Education

The majority of this community is in the catchment zone for Robert Bloomfield Academy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} – Map is on p. 34/35.</ref>

The majority of this community is in the catchment area for Samuel Whitbread Academy, which has upper secondary and sixth form.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} – Map is on p. 35/35.</ref>

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