Ullenhall
Sign in to saveUllenhall is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, situated about west of Henley-in-Arden and west of the county town of Warwick. In 2011 the parish had a population of 717.
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- Locality
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 353
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- Population
- 708
- Area
- 1014.87
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Ullenhall is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, situated about west of Henley-in-Arden and west of the county town of Warwick. In 2011 the parish had a population of 717.
==History== right|thumb|The Old Chapel, Ullenhall, Warwickshire The name means Ulla's nook, the Old English word hahl, meaning a nook or corner of land, suggesting the hollow in which the village is situated, being compounded with a personal name of Scandinavian origin. The manor is recorded in the Domesday Book where it is listed as Holehale, one of the lands of Robert de Stafford. "In Ferncombe Hundred in Holehale (Ullenhall) 1 hide. Land for 15 ploughs. 17 villagers and 11 smallholders with 6 ploughs. Woodland ½ league long and 1 furlong wide. The value was and is £3 Waga held it." Waga, whose name is preserved in the nearby village of Wootton Wawen, was one of the witness's to Earl Leofric's, husband of Lady Godiva, foundation of the monastery at Coventry during the first year of the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042/3).
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