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.
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 | Long Compton St. Peter and St. Paul | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Chipping-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:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1670-1898 | 1685-1987 | 1683-1961 |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Compton, Long (St. Peter and St. Paul))
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:
- 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.