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St Mary and All Saints, Haselor
Services:
Family Service at 9.30am on 2nd Sundays.
Morning Prayer at 9.30am on 3rd Sundays
Holy Communion at 9.30am on 4th Sundays
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This parish was an amalgamation of two
manors, viz. Upton and Haselor. The former lay to the west side of Pelham Brook
and included the built-up area which is today named 'Haselor'. The latter lay to
the east of the parish and included the parish church and the hamlet of Walcote.
Both manors went south over the Stratford Road and took in the rising ground
towards Binton and Grafton. Both manors had a variety of owners since Domesday
Book in 1086: Haselor's longest manorial tenure was that of St.Mary's College,
Warwick, 1395 to the 1530s, followed by the Grevilles of Beauchamp Court and
Warwick Castle. Upton's longest tenure was by the Throckmortons of Coughton.
The church at Haselor came under the authority of St.Mary's College in 1394 and
it was they who put in their 'vicars'.
After Henry VIII, however, the Crown, who took over the college's authority,
neglected the parish and regular vicars were few and far between before the 19th
century. The church is probably best known for its notorious incumbent in the
mid 19th century, the Rev.Cornelius Griffin. Suffering from a persecution
complex, he did his best to fall foul of his churchwardens and at one point took
to sleeping in a coffin at the church: he 'also found himself incarcerated in
the debtors' gaol at Warwick. Nowadays, the church is run in tandem with Great
Alne/ Kinwarton
Haselor has always been a farming parish, with the usual rural crafts. The only
non-rural craft was the making of needles at Hoo water mill in the l9th/20th
centuries. The mill still operates but for no commercial purposes.
Unfortunately, modern trends have seen the closure of Haselor's pub, the 'Crown'
and post office cum village shop. The primary school still remains and is highly
regarded.
To find Haselor Church proceed from Alcester along the Stratford Road. At the right hand bend beyond Oversley Green take the straighter of two left turns. Proceed towards Haselor and go straight across the crossroads by the school. The church is up a path on the right.