Little Compton, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Compton, Little, or Compton-Parva, a parish in Warwickshire, 2¼ miles from the Four Shire Stone, on the Gloucestershire side of the parish, and the same distance from the Eollright Stones on the Oxfordshire side. It is 4 miles E of Moreton-in-Marsh, and 4 NW of Cbipping-Norton. It has a post office under Moreton-in-Marsh; telegraph office, Moreton-in-Marsh; money order office, Long Compton. Acreage, 1689; population, 439. The manor belonged to Tewkesbury Abbey, and was given at the dissolution to Sir Thomas Pope. The manor house is an Elizabethan structure, built with a centre and two wings; over the entrance are the Juxon arms. It was purchased by Archbishop Juxon, the chaplain of Charles I., who erected the manor house and resided here during the Commonwealth. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £160 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St Denis, was rebuilt in 1864. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Little Compton St. Denis | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Chipping-Norton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
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 Little Compton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Compton, Little (St. Denis))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Compton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
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.