{"id":63244,"date":"2026-02-03T23:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63244"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:13:01","slug":"a-quiet-walk-through-the-fog-in-hawling-a-village-frozen-in-the-16th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/03\/a-quiet-walk-through-the-fog-in-hawling-a-village-frozen-in-the-16th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"A quiet walk through the fog in Hawling, a village frozen in the 16th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cotswolds are a region in central England that is known for having some very well-preserved medieval villages.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/13\/the-minuscule-territory-of-the-united-states-located-in-runnymede-england\/\">The minuscule territory of the United States located in Runnymede, England<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/09\/25\/the-enigmatic-church-of-little-snoring-where-raf-pilots-prayed\/\">The enigmatic Church of Little Snoring, where RAF pilots prayed<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of those villages is Hawling, in Gloucestershire.<\/strong> Located one kilometer north of the A436 road, with only 224 inhabitants and surrounded by green farmland, <strong>this place seems straight out of the Shire from \"The Lord of the Rings.\"<\/strong> This village has very old buildings from the medieval period, such as St. Edward's Church, built at the beginning of the 13th century and belonging to the Anglican Church.<\/p>\n<p>Right next to St. Edward's Church is <strong>Hawling Manor<\/strong>, a 16th-century building where Queen Elizabeth I of England is said to have stayed. <strong>The village, in fact, would seem frozen in the 16th century<\/strong>, were it not for a few parked cars, the asphalt, and the lampposts. A few days ago, the YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KevinTheCountryman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin The Countryman<\/a> posted an interesting video of a walk through this village in the early morning: <em>\"<strong>this walk captures low-lying mist drifting across fields<\/strong>, quiet country lanes, and the soft stillness that settles over the countryside before the day begins. <strong>There\u2019s no talking or music here, just natural sounds and a peaceful rural atmosphere<\/strong>\"<\/em>, comments the video's creator.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Village Disappeared | A Foggy Morning Walk in the Cotswolds\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CH7TvRHIkCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from this relaxing video here. <strong>Here we see St. Edward's Church<\/strong>, on the right and surrounded by old gravestones, and on the left, Hawling Manor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948917_82c95ae619_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948917_ceaa46016b_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the old houses in Hawling.<\/strong> That light on in a window is one of the few signs of human presence we can see in the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948907_11e2bd914d_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948907_71890d1a84_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Middle Farm<\/strong>, another of the historic buildings of agricultural origin in this beautiful town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55076852701_89dd109d35_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55076852701_bf37663723_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elsewhere in the UK, old red telephone boxes seem like a relic of the past<\/strong>, in a society where they are being replaced by mobile phones. In Hawling, this box seems like a symbol of modernity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948927_94813cd4c9_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55075948927_2abd65fb3b_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cotswolds are a region in central England that is known for having some very well-preserved medieval villages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19535,16885],"tags":[26188,14883,26189,26190,10678],"class_list":["post-63244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exploring-portada-eng","category-populations","tag-cotswolds","tag-england","tag-gloucestershire","tag-hawling","tag-united-kingdom"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 00:34:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}