Ullenhall
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 Village centre looking towards the War Memorial |
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| Ullenhall shown within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 717 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP1206 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Henley-in-Arden |
| Postcode district | B95 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Ullenhall is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) West of Henley in Arden and 11.2 miles (18.0 km) West of the county town of Warwick. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 717. 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). His lands extended beyond those at Ullenhall, but, following the Conquest, Ullenhall was bestowed by the conqueror on Robert de Stafford, descended from the de Tonei family and who had fought stoutly with Duke William against King Harold. He made Stafford his principal seat, where he had a strong castle and assumed his surname from thence.
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