# Honiley

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Village in Warwickshire, England

Human settlement in England

Honiley Honiley Location within Warwickshire Population 62 (2001 census) Civil parish Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall District Warwick Shire county Warwickshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°21′N 1°39′W / 52.350°N 1.650°W / 52.350; -1.650

**Honiley** is a small village and former [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), now in the parish of [Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall](/source/Beausale%2C_Haseley%2C_Honiley_and_Wroxall), in the [Warwick](/source/Warwick_District) district, in the county of [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), England. It is 3 miles (5 km) from [Kenilworth](/source/Kenilworth), and 6.5 miles (10 km) from [Coventry](/source/Coventry) on the A4177 road. The [2001 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) recorded a parish population of 62.[1] Honiley was merged with adjoining parishes on 1 April 2007 and can now be found under [Beausale](/source/Beausale), [Haseley](/source/Haseley), Honiley and [Wroxall](/source/Wroxall%2C_Warwickshire).[2]

## History

The [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of Saint [John the Baptist](/source/John_the_Baptist) is a [Georgian](/source/Georgian_architecture) [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) building of 1723.[3] It has a [nave](/source/Nave), [apse](/source/Apse), and short [spire](/source/Spire). The interior includes original [box pews](/source/Box_pew) and a [west gallery](/source/West_gallery_music).[3] Honiley once had two wells associated with the church. If a man and a woman produced a child out of [wedlock](/source/Marriage) the two were to go to village wells (the men to St John's well, the women to Our Lady's well) and bathe. After that they were to crawl to the church to the statue of St John and ask for forgiveness. The village was, for a while at least, a small centre of [pilgrimage](/source/Pilgrimage). The village has a [medieval](/source/Medieval) [moat](/source/Moat), a [hotel](/source/Hotel) and a small [business park](/source/Business_park). A short distance north-east of the village is a vehicle [proving ground](/source/Proving_ground) that was formerly a [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) station. Opened in May 1941 the station was originally called RAF Ramsey but was renamed [RAF Honiley](/source/RAF_Honiley) three months later. It ceased to operate in March 1958 and the buildings were demolished in 1960 although new ones have replaced them. Honiley has a [VOR](/source/VHF_omnidirectional_range) station that is a major waypoint for aircraft.[4]

"'Honiley', [*[parish](/source/Parish)*], 5 1/2 m. NW. of [Warwick](/source/Warwick). 12 c. *Hunilegh*; 13 c. *Hunileye*; 14 c. *Honyle*, [Charters](/source/Charter) and Rolls in the [British Museum](/source/British_Museum) 1.]. [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon) *hunig league* (*g=y*), the [honey](/source/Honey) lea, *[see]* Ley. Honey was an article of great importance to our forefathers, and rents were frequently paid by it. It was their sugar, and the wax was needed for light and religious services." ([William Henry Duignan](/source/William_Henry_Duignan), 1912.)[5] Honiley is pronounced locally as 'hun lee'. From *The Gentleman's Magazine*, 1848: "... [King Edward IV](/source/King_Edward_IV). was arrested in the year 1469 by [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop) Neville, with an armed band of horse, at Honiley in [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), and not at Ulney in [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire), or [Olney](/source/Olney%2C_Buckinghamshire) in [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), as had been previously stated by several historians. This seizure was made by the advice of the [Duke of Clarence](/source/Duke_of_Clarence) and the [Earl of Warwick](/source/Earl_of_Warwick). The King was then taken to [Warwick Castle](/source/Warwick_Castle), from thence to [York](/source/York), and afterwards to [Middleham Castle](/source/Middleham_Castle), from whence he escaped.

"Honiley, [Coleshill](/source/Coleshill%2C_Warwickshire), and other places in [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire) were at this period the property of Sir Simon Mountfort, and he was appointed by [King Edward IV](/source/King_Edward_IV) (according to the [Patent Rolls](/source/Patent_Rolls) in Rymer) one of the Commissioners to raise the county of [Warwick](/source/Warwick) in 1470. As it appears that Mountfort made Honiley his principal residence, it is very probable, from the intimacy subsisting between them, that when the King required a place of concealment, he selected Honiley for the purpose, which was somewhat more than "foure miles from Warwycke," as stated by a historian—for it is six. Honiley became forfeited to [the Crown](/source/The_Crown) by the attainder of Mountfort in 1495.

"The large [Manor house](/source/Manor_house) or Hall, probably built by this family, was most pleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, and was taken down in 1803 by the Rev. John Granville, the landlord, in order to avoid the expense of its reparation. Thus fell another ancient [baronial](/source/Baronial) residence, a sacrifice to bad taste and ruinous economy... "... The Queen [Elizabeth I](/source/Elizabeth_I) visited [Kenilworth Castle](/source/Kenilworth_Castle) again in July 1575 for 19 days, when, according to Laneham, she hunted "the hart of force" in the Chase, and probably visited Honiley Hall, which place was at the extremity of his woods, about three miles from the Castle. At this period the manor of Honiley belonged to the [Earl of Leicester](/source/Earl_of_Leicester)."[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Area selected: Warwick (Non-Metropolitan District)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120524224156/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790541). *Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Archived from [the original](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790541) on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Warwick (Parishes) Order 2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221106122956/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/12726/the-warwick-parishes-order-2007.pdf) (PDF). [Local Government Boundary Commission for England](/source/Local_Government_Boundary_Commission_for_England). Archived from [the original](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/12726/the-warwick-parishes-order-2007.pdf) (PDF) on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerWedgwood1966312_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerWedgwood1966312_3-1) [Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966](#CITEREFPevsnerWedgwood1966), p. 312.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Honiley VOR-DME (HON) @ OurAirports"](http://www.ourairports.com/navaids/HON/Honiley_VOR-DME_GB/). *www.ourairports.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Duignan, William Henry, *Warwickshire Place Names* (Oxford University Press, 1912)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Reader, W., ‘Old Manor House at Honiley’, *The Gentleman’s Magazine*, 1848, pp. 141–42

## Sources

- [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner); Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). *Warwickshire*. [The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides#Buildings_of_England). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 312–313.

- Smith, B (1990). *Hidden Warwickshire*. Newbury: Countryside Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85306-098-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85306-098-4).

- Styles, Philip, ed. (1945). [*A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 3: Barlichway Hundred*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56994). [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History). pp. 120–123.

## External links

- [Honiley on Multimap.com](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=423000&Y=272000&width=700&height=400&gride=423951.889934334&gridn=272203.611099372&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=25000&up.x=341&up.y=9)

- [Census information on the Parishes of Honiley and Wroxall](https://web.archive.org/web/20080630005629/http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/60B86011367E0A1080256E3000563442/%24file/Honiley+%26+Wroxhall.pdf)

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