Luddington, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Luddington, a village and, jointly with Dodwell, a township, and a chapelry in Old Stratford parish, Warwickshire, on the river Avon, 3 miles SW by W of Stratford-upon-Avon. Acreage, 1158; population, 109. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Stratford-on-Avon. The old church is now a ruin, and is said to have been the place where Shakespeare was married. The present church was built in 1872.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Civil parish | Old Stratford | |
| Hundred | Barlichway | |
| Poor Law union | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Luddington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Luddington)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Luddington 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.