Minley

Minley is included in the Domesday Book[2] as Mindeslei,[3] in the Holesete Hundred, Hantescire (Hampshire) as a Manor in Yateley, assessed at 2 hides and worth 20s, and was in the possession of Alsi son of Brictsi.[2]

Historic spellings of Minley include; Mundeleya, 1189–1199; Mundele, 1236; Mendeley, 1280; Mynley, 1516[4] and Mindley in the 18th century.[5] Minley ferm (Farm) is shown on an Old map by Norden from 1607[6] being in the Crundall Hundred of Hamshire.

In the Domesday Book, the Manor of Minley is described as an area of land/estate of 2 hides (approx. 240-300 acres); now however, Minley Manor is a term used locally for the mansion house built by Henry Clutton in 1858–1860, which was formerly used by the Royal School of Military Engineering.[7]

Guillemont Barracks, located further north on the Minley Road, were built in 1938.[8] After the site was decommissioned by the British Army, it was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997 for £36m.[9] Sun Microsystems intended to build 5 office buildings on the site, but after two phases were complete and the dot com bubble bursting in 2000, phase 3 was halted mid-build [9] (the steel superstructure of the last two buildings, that weren't completed, remained until March 2015). With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation in 2009[10] business and staff were relocated to Oracle's Headquarters in Thames Valley Park, Reading. Property company Landid bought the former headquarters in January 2011. In December 2013, a planning application to demolish the part built structures and to build 150 homes on the site was refused.[11]

Gibraltar Barracks, located further north on the Minley Road, were built in the 1970s and are still in use.[12]

• Minley Historic Rural Settlement publication, including tithe map of 1846
• Photograph of Church of St. Andrews, Minley