Hailey, Haileybury
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Amwell
Historical Forms
- Hailet 1086 DB
- Heilet t.Hy1 BM
- Heile 1235 FF 1294 SR
- Heilee 1303 FA
- Heyle 1241 FF 1374 BM
- Heylegh 1248 Ass 1455 IpmR
- Heylege 1250 FF
- Heylee t.Ed1 WDB
- Hayley 1675 Ogilby
- Haley Bury c.1825 O.S.
Etymology
Probably 'hay clearing,' v. leah , the t in the earliest forms being an error. For bury , v. burh (manorial) and infra 243.Hailey is a hamlet off the road from Hoddesdon to Ware.Haileybury was the manor house of Hailey. The house was opened in 1809 as a training place for civil servants of the East India Company and later as a barracks. It was opened as a public school in 1862 (VCH iii, 415). Cf. Hailey (O).