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Strensham, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Strensham, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, on the river Avon and the borders of Gloucestershire, 2½ miles S of Defford station on the M.R., 4 E of Upton-on-Severn, 5 SW of Pershore, and 5 N of Tewkesbury. There is a post office under Tewkesbury; money order office, Tewkesbury; telegraph office, Defford railway station. Acreage, 1967; population, 232. Strensham Court, the seat of the lord of the manor, is a handsome modern mansion. The manor belonged for centuries to a branch of the Russell family, but their castellated mansion, erected in the time of Richard II., was destroyed in the Civil War. There are nine almshouses, founded and endowed in 1697 by Sir Francis Russell, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £243 with residence. The church is Decorated and Perpendicular, and contains remains of a rood screen, a Norman font, and memorials of the Russell family and of Samuel Butler, the author of " Hudibras," who was born in the village.

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 CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishStrensham St. John the Baptist 
HundredPershore 
Poor Law unionPershore 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Strensham from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictWychavon
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR8
Post TownWorcester

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