Hullavington Timeline

An Iron Age coin, a rare and fine example of a decorated Bronze Age spear head and microliths are found in Hullavington, dating back to the Mesolithic period

Eight Romano-British coins, a bronze finger ring and two brooches located in Bradfield indicates a settlement here

A road South West of Kingway Road indicates Saxon settlement

Hullavington estate belongs to Earl Harold

Hullavington estate belongs to Ralph Mortimer

Hullavington known as 'Hunlavingtone' and population is of 200

The abbot of St. Victor builds a new water mill, presumably on Gauze brook

Hullavington known as 'Hundlavinton'

A vicarage had been ordained but the vicar complains that his portion is inadequate

Hullavington known as 'Hundelavinton'

Vicarage is valued at £4 6s. 8d

Hullavington manor has two water mills, but very feeble head of water in 1337

The vicar of Surrendell was given a small amount of land to serve the community in Bradfield and what was referred to as 'Bradfield Cantry'

177 poll-tax payers, population estimated at 250

Boundaries planted on each side of the north-south boundaries to make long clear boundaries parallel to The Street. Still visible in 1989

By now the church is called St. Mary Magdalene's

The King grants to Eton College the fixed payments made for Hullavington at hundred courts

A new manor house is built

Registers for the church begin

The court orders all males between 7 and 60 to practise archery on Sundays

Hullavington known as 'Hullonton'

The Jacob's family lives in and restores the Court House but the church is dilapidated

An odd collection of \"Strange Plantain\" of variation of the flowers in the Old Rectory Garden is discovered

Hullavington known as 'Hull Lavington'

By will £1 a year is left to the second poor of Hullavington by Ayliffe Green

Hannah Twinnoy, a Hullavington woman is killed by a tiger in Malmesbury

The church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin

Thomas Jacob gives the parish by will a silver cup hallmarked for 1735

Only nine of the farmhouses on The Street still remain today

Quakers Society opens up a burial ground in the parish

Quakers have a meeting place

The Quaker Society of Hullavington is one of only seven active in the whole of Wiltshire

Population of parish is 395

Hullavington's expenditure of the poor remains between £200 and £400, about normal for a parish of its size

The Star Inn and the Queen's Head are mentioned at this date

West Field Lane, Hullavington Street and Topsail Lane turnpiked to form a link between its north-east branch to the Malmesbury - Chippenham road

A small Gothic styled chapel is built in Newtown for Independents and Baptists

Vicarage net income of £194 shows it to be below the average wealth for a living in Malmesbury deanery

A day school for 6 boys and 6 girls started

Another school for 20 boys and 19 girls is built on the east side of The Street

The parish joins Malmesbury's poor-law union

Baptist Chapel is founded

Hullavington parish is half arable and half grassland, land worked by 10 farms

The small Mount Zion chapel us built of stone rubble in Gibbs Land for Particular Baptists

Population is 708 and census Sunday records an average attendance of 56 at the Independants and Baptists' chapel

Quakers cease to meet

Stone rubble chapel improved

Major redesigning by A W Bloomfield takes place in the church

All turnpiked roads disturnpiked

From this time there was a carrier to and from Bath and Chippenham every week from the Post Office

The Plough public house closes

There are 543 people living in the village with the most dominant name being 'Greenman' closely followed by 'Gough', 'Wicks', and 'Broom'

A garage built in The Street

Average attendance of school is 114

The main London and South Wales railway opened across Hullavington parish north of the village. Provides 280 railways worker's jobs; a oial merchant now at the station.

The wooden screen in St. Mary's is removed and a new screen later executed in honour of the men of Hullavington who died in WW1

20 century low point of 478 population

Cemetery north of the village at crossroad opened

The' Long Barrows of the Cotswolds' mentions \"The Romans Grave\" 40 yards west of the gate with Surrendell House

R.A.F. Hullavington opened with many farms lost to the airfield; No. 9 Flying Training School moves here from R.A.F. Thornby

Telephone exchange built

14th August, the airfield is the subject of a German air attack. 7 killed and 6 seriously injured airmen and damaged an aircraft hanger

The Flying Trying School's last year at Hullavington. The first American servicemen arrive for training in January. On 31 July the renamed Advanced Flying Unit moves in.

Building of houses and the north end of Hullavington village join Newtown to the main part of the village

The Greens Close built from 1950 and Bradfield Manor Farmhouse classed as listed

Wellington Close is built between The Street and the airfield to house R.A.F. workers and featured 94 new houses

Court Farm is a dairy and stock farm and with the exception of the Jubilee Cottages Eton College own much of the parish land

Hullavington station closed to passengers

Hullavington station closed entirely

New village hall built

First Hullavington newsletter photo copied and limited numbers left in shops, pubs, etc

The parish becomes part of North Wiltshire district

Significant descrease in population to 1,021 could be owing to the closure of R.A.F. Hullavington

The new school has 96 pupils

Mount Zion chapel closed and Hullavington garage taken over

The first School Crossing Patrol Attendant took up her duties in April but the service ceases on the 15th June, after a traffic survey by the Country Council. June - BBC films part of a drame production at R.A.F. Hullavington

Wiltshire County Council \"Rights of Way\" gives protection to Hullavington's footpaths

Hullavington proceeds on an \"informal basis\" to twin with St. Victor L'abbaye, France. Burial charges are increased for the first time for many years.

Hullavington Internet web page is launched on to the internet. The Queen's Head closes.

Population is 1,245

The new Village Hall is completed in its rebuilding

Swallow View development off Royal Field Close completed. On 27 November there is a fire at Hullavington garage.

Hullavington Primary School receives 'International School Award' success