Palaeolithic (to 8,000BC) The remains of reindeer, mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, horse, hand axes and flints were discovered in the 1880s in a deep pit in...

More written records are available in the medieval period and they reveal that Hayes developed as a small community. Both churches, manorial and legal records...

Within the village, there were few changes in the number of houses until towards the end of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign. The population may have...

By the end of the Stuart period, the development of Asshleys had changed the social structure in Hayes. There were now three important houses and...

The most significant arrival in Hayes in Georgian times was William Pitt the Elder who moved to Hayes Place after his marriage to Hester Grenville...

The last quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed major changes in the village of Hayes but life throughout the century was affected by the developments...

Situated opposite the church Hayes Place remained at the centre of the village. Its owner Everard Hambro maintained his friendship with King Edward VII and...

The inter-war years were a period that witnessed the increase in the population of Hayes to around 6,500 in 1939. It was the result of...