Hollesley was originally a small port. It stood on an inlet of the sea, which is now the small brook and drained marsh on the south side of the church. There were a few outlying farms, but the village centred on a group of cottages on Fox Hill, the church, and Church Farm which still remains opposite the main door. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the village developed to the north. About a mile away is Her Majestys Young Offenders Institution known as Hollesley Bay Colony. In the 19th century this was a Colonial College where industrial youths were trained for agriculture in developing countries. In 1905 it became a Labour Colony (hence its name), where many London unemployed were retrained for farm work. The church site dates from pre 1087, and has therefore been a place of Christian worship for over 900 years. Nothing is left of the first building, and the present one is a 15th century church very greatly restored in the 19th century. The nave and the chancel are decorated, and the very lofty tower is perpendicular, the latter having panelled diagonal buttresses at all corners, and a west doorway with a square head, over which is a niche and a three-light perpendicular window". The walls are faced with a typical late 19th century knapped flint finish. To find the final co-ordinates you will need to find H&N in the graveyard (by the church) and obtain the following: 1.12.190C - AB.D.19E6 & 6.F.1906 - 30.1.1998
Final co-ordinates: North 52 0A.BCD East 001 2(B-D).(C+A)EF
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