Haynes is a village and

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, England, about seven miles (11 km) south of

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. It includes the small hamlet of Haynes Church End. It used to be known as Hawnes. North from Haynes is a hamlet named Silver End, then further up is Herrings Green,

Cotton End Cotton End is a small village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford. It became its own parish as of 1 April 2019, having previously been part of the parish of Eastcotts. Ordnance Survey maps from the 1880s show its name as 'Cardington Cot ...

and

Shortstown Shortstown is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford, on a ridge above the River Great Ouse, originally called Tinkers Hill. This ridge also overlooks the two other parts of Eastcotts – Harrowden to the north and Cotton End ...

. 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

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of Wilshamstead (later adding the

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of Haynes).

Etymology

The name ''Haynes'' is first attested in the

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of 1086, as ''Hagenes''. This derives from an

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word *''hægen'' or *''hagen'' meaning 'enclosure', in its

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form.

Manor

Hawnes, Haynes Church End (geograph 3340940)

Haynes or Hwanes Manor belonged to Sir Robert Newdigate, who died in 1613, and King James was a regular visitor.

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came in July 1605 and was entertained by a Scottish singing woman and Morris dancers. King James came to Haynes on 22 July 1615. The next day he heard that his brother-in-law

Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...

was in London at Denmark House, and he raced back riding through a hail storm. Haynes manor was acquired in about 1667 by Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c.1610-1680) of Jersey.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 hous

/ref> The present mansion of

Haynes Park Haynes Park is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Originally known as Hawnes Park it was built c.1725 for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, a promine ...

was built c.1725 by his son

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, (; 22 April 16902 January 1763), commonly known by his earlier title Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763; he worked extremely close ...

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