Bordon

Bordon is a small town in Hampshire, a few miles north of Petersfield along the A325, in England. A village near Bordon is a place called Headley, which derives from the Old English Haedleah meaning 'heath clearing' and over the centuries has been found written in various ways:

• 11th Hallege Domesday Book
• c.1190 Hetliga
• 13th Hertelegh
• 1242 Hetle
• 1248 Hedlegh
• 1269 Hethleghe
• 14th Hedle
• 14th Hertlegh
• 15th Hedley
• 16th Hethelie
• 17th Hedleigh
• 18th Heathley

Today, situated in the district of East Hampshire, the parish of Headley today has a population of over 5,500. The parish comprises a number of hamlets as well as the village of Headley itself: Standford, Arford, Headley Down, Barford, Wishanger, Sleaford, Trottsford, and part of Hollywater. Current area is 4,862 acres (19.7 km²). The original parish also included Grayshott (until 1902), Lindford, and a considerable portion of Bordon (until 1929). The Ecclesiastical parish of All Saints served Lindford and Bordon, although not Grayshott, until March 2002 – since when Bordon became a separate ecclesiastical parish.