Hale is a village in

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, England or part of

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

, towards

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excluding the area between the two to the east which is

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, and without formal definition in part overlaps Weybourne and

Heath End, Surrey Heath End is a village in the Waverley district of Surrey, England, traditionally part of the large town parish of Farnham. Heath End is smaller in area than most villages and does not have an Anglican church so does not meet the older criteri ...

. The history of Farnham being a vast town parish (over many square miles) in the late medieval age means all three small places overlapping, which are difficult to class as villages, for example Farnham Youth football club is in two possible alternates, or within greater Farnham as its name suggests, and some maps give Lower Hale and Upper Hale but the area between is indistinct and all of the village is quite elevated so this extremely fine distinction unless referring to an extreme end is deprecated. On the side of the Farnham clay and

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range. Some housing and roads have views southward towards the

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from

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to Ewhurst. The electoral ward ''Farnham Upper Hale'' has a population of 4,241. Often the eastern built-up (

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) area, Weybourne is considered separately but both localities share all amenities and form a neatly buffered settlement.

History

There is evidence that the area has been occupied since the

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...

period. Some of the oldest surviving buildings in Hale date from the late 17th century, in the area once known as Hungry Hill. The oldest place of worship in the village is a chapel built in 1834. St John's Church was founded in 1844. It was paid for by Bishop Sumner and designed by the architect

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. Sumner is buried in the churchyard with his wife. Hale grew rapidly after 1854 when the British Army became established in Aldershot. Many people came to the area seeking employment in building the nearby town and barracks. As the cottages spread, those nearer to Aldershot formed a separate village, which became known as Heath End. In recognition of the services they had rendered, the army gave the villagers of Hale of land for a new cemetery, Upper Hale Cemetery. The church of St Mark the Evangelist was built opposite the cemetery in 1883.St Mark's Church
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Buildings and structures

At Upper Hale, there is at 51°14'5"N 0°48'54"W a 27.43 metres (90 ft) tall wooden radio tower. It is one of the few wooden radio towers in the world and today used by radio amateurs as ATV relay statio

Schools

Primary schools

There are two primary schools in Upper Hale, which are: * Hale School * Folly Hill Infant School As well as these, William Cobbett Primary School is also on the outskirts of nearby Weybourne.

Secondary schools

There are no secondary schools in Hale, but Farnham Heath End School is very close-by, and All Hallows School is in Weybourne, near to William Cobbett Primary School.

Higher education

All Higher Education options would be provided by nearby Guildford, Farnham and Farnborough.

References

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Villages surrounding Farnham
{{authority control Villages in Surrey Borough of Waverley