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Long Compton, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Compton, Long, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands near the boundary with Oxford and Gloucester, 4 miles NNW of Chipping-Norton, 6 SSE of Shipston-on-Stour, and 6 E of Moreton-in-Marsh, and was once a market-town. It has a post and money order office (S.O.); telegraph office, Chipping-Norton. Acreage of parish, 3806; population, 606. About 1 mile from the village are the Rollright Stones, a circle of Druidical origin. Weston House is the seat of the Countess of Camperdown. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £147 with residence. Patron, Eton College. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1863. There are Congregational, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWarwickshire 
Ecclesiastical parishLong Compton St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredKington 
Poor Law unionChipping-Norton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Long Compton:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1670-18981685-19871683-1961

Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Long Compton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Long Compton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictStratford-on-Avon
CountyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtCV36
Post TownShipston-On-Stour

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