Editing Hayes, Hillingdon (section)

===Churches===
[[File:StMarysHayes.jpg|thumb|alt=St. Mary's Church, Hayes|St Mary's Church, Hayes, overlooking Barra Hall Park]]
[[File:Church hall of St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex, June 2015.jpg|thumb|Church hall of St Mary]]

[[St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes]] on Church Road is the oldest building in Hayes. It is [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in Hillingdon|Grade II* listed]].<ref name="Entry Number 1080233"/> The central portion of the church, the [[chancel]] and the [[nave]], was built in the 13th century, the north aisle in the 15th century (as was the [[Bell tower|tower]]), and the south aisle in the 16th century, along with the [[lychgate]] and the south [[Church porch|porch]]. The lychgate and wall to the south are [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1080234 |date=1949 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> Hayes's entry in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) makes no mention of a church or chapel, and the name of St Mary suggests a 12th-century dedication as it was at this time that [[Dedication (ritual)|church dedications]] in this name first appeared in England.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|9 & 18}} Besides the church, the other main building in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] villages was the [[manor house]]. The manor house formerly associated with the church was assigned to [[Canterbury Cathedral]] by Christian priest Warherdus as far back as 830 AD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-mary-hayes-middlesex/|title=St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex|website=www.achurchnearyou.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

The site of the original manor house is not known, but it is likely to have been on or near the site of the building latterly on Church Road called the Manor House,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=153784&WINID=1724243024966 |title=Manor House in Church Road202 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=London Picture Archive |publisher=[[City of London Corporation]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> parts of which dated from the early 16th century. At the time of the [[Norman Conquest of England|Norman Conquest]], Archbishop [[Lanfranc]] had contacts with the parish. St Mary's has a 12th-century [[Baptismal font|font]], and many interesting memorials and [[Monumental brass|brasses]]. The brass to Robert Lellee, Rector somewhere between 1356 and 1375, is purportedly the oldest brass in Middlesex. Adjacent to it is another to Rector Robert Burgeys (1408–1421). (The first recorded Rector was Peter de Lymonicen [1259]). There are tombs in the church to Walter Grene (1456), Thomas Higate (1576), and Sir [[Edward Fenner]] (1611), Judge of the King's Bench. The latter tomb covers earlier tiling on the wall and floors. Some partly uncovered pre-[[English Reformation|Reformation]] wall-paintings and a large mural (dating from the 14th century) of [[Saint Christopher]] with the infant Child are on the North wall. A brass to Veare Jenyns (1644) relates to the Court of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], while other Jenynses, who were [[Lord of the Manor|Lords of the Manor]], link with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough]]. Judge [[John Heath (judge)|John Heath]], after whom ''Judge Heath Lane'' was named, is also buried at St Mary's.

[[Victorian era|Victorian]] restorers donated a number of windows, and more recent additions include windows to Saints [[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]] and [[Saint Nicholas|Nicholas]]. The [[Coronation]] window is in the north aisle above the [[Triptych]] painted by the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|pre-Raphaelite]] [[Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne]]. His brother [[George Fellowes Prynne]] carved the [[Reredos]] with [[Anselm of Canterbury|St Anselm]] and [[Saint George|St George]] in the [[Niche (architecture)|niches]]. The embossed roof of the [[Nave]] reflects the [[Tudor period]] with emblems of the crucifixion and the arms of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry]] and [[Catherine of Aragon|Aragon]] (the lands passed to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] as a consequence of the [[English Reformation]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/st-mary-church-road-hayes/ |title=St Mary, Church Road, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane was founded in the mid-1930s to provide a new burial ground when the churchyard at St Mary's Church had run out of space.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1393676 |date=2010 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

'''St Anselm's Church''' was completed in 1929 to the design of architect [[John C. Corlette|Hubert Christian Corlette]]. Noted designer [[MacDonald Gill]] was responsible for the panelled ceiling. The church's [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] was laid on 13 May 1927 by Sir [[John Eldon Bankes]]. The east window is by [[James Powell and Sons]] of [[Whitefriars, London|Whitefriars]], London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/st-anselm-station-road-hayes/ |title=St Anselm, Station Road, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> The church was [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] in November 2019.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1464541 |date=2019 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> St Anselm's is so-named because [[William II of England|William Rufus]] (1056 – 1100) sent Archbishop (later Saint) [[Anselm of Canterbury]] (c.1033 – 1109) to stay in the [[manor house]] of St Mary's Church, as it was the nearest of the Archbishop's manors to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], where William Rufus resided.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|18}}<ref>{{NHLE |num=1464541 |date=2019 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

The '''Immaculate Heart of Mary''', the Roman Catholic church in Botwell, was built in 1961, replacing the earlier church built in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/hayes/ |title=Roman Catholic Church of The Immaculate Heart of Mary |date=2018 |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster|Diocese of Westminster]] |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/immaculate-heart-of-mary-botwell-lane-hayes-roman-catholic/ |title=Immaculate Heart of Mary, Botwell Lane, Hayes (Roman Catholic) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> The adjacent school, Botwell House Catholic Primary, opened on 25 August 1931. The church's picture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (which measures 5½m x 3m) was painted by [[Pietro Annigoni]] (1910–1988) in [[Florence]], and took nine months to complete. The [[Listed building|Grade II listed]], early nineteenth-century [[Clergy house|presbytery]], "Botwell House",<ref>{{NHLE |num=1358357 |date=1974 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> was originally the home of Hayes's principal landowner, John Baptist Shackle.