Hanley William

Hanley William is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hanley, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 110. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Hanley Child to form "Hanley".

Hanley William was in the upper division of Doddingtree hundred.

The name Hanley derives from the Old Englishhēahlēah meaning 'high wood/clearing'. The affix William derives from William de la Mare who held land in the village in 1242.