Old Stratford, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Stratford, Old, a parish in Warwickshire. The parish contains Stratford-on-Avon borough and the hamlets of Bishopton, Bushwood, Clopton, Drayton, Shottery, and Welcombe. Acreage, 8431; population of the civil parish, 8626; of the ecclesiastical, 8586. Post town, Stratford-on-Avon. Clopton House was long the seat of the Clopton family, and has been renovated. Welcombe Lodge was the residence of the Combes, the friends of Shakespeare, and has been dismantled, and on its site a magnificent mansion in the Elizabethan style was erected in 1869. A mineral spring is at Bishopton. Entrenchments, formed in warlike operations between the Sasons and the Danes, are at Welcombe. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelries of Luddington and Shottery, in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £230 with residence. Patron, Lord Sackville. The church is noticed in the next article. There are chapels of ease at Bishopton, Luddington, and Shottery.
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 | Stratford Holy Trinity | |
Hundred | Barlichway | |
Poor Law union | Stratford-upon-Avon |
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 Old Stratford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stratford, Old (Holy Trinity))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.