Thursday 16th April 2026
| Our intention for the last day was to have a short circular walk in the direction of Hurley through the Culden Faw Estate. However, the estate is private and walking options are limited. After nearly 3 km of walking we decided that it was shorter to continue on to Hurley Lock (6.0 km) rather than go back, with Mick walking back to pick up a car from the Flower Pot Hotel |
Culden Faw
Hurley Lock
St Mary The Virgin, Hurley
The first church was probably built c.700 AD when St. Birinus passed up the Thames. After the Conquest, William I confiscated all the lands at Hurley and gave them to his trusted supporter, Geoffrey de Mandeville, for services rendered. In 1086, at the request of Geoffrey de Mandeville's second wife Leceline, Bishop Osmund of Old Sarum dedicated the rebuilt church at Hurley as a Benedictine Priory, a cell to Westminster Abbey.
The Domesday Book, compiled during this time, states that the village of Hurley consisted of a church together with a mill, 2 fisheries, 25 villagers, 12 cottagers and 10 slaves. |
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