Stratton, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Stratton, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 1 mile NNW of Cirencester, with a post and money order office under Cirencester; telegraph office, Cirencester. Acreage, 1424; population of the civil parish, 836; of the ecclesiastical with Baunton, 969. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The living with Baunton is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £220 with residence. The church is ancient, consisting of nave and chancel, with a modern north aisle.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Stratton St. Peter | |
| Hundred | Crowthorne and Minety | |
| Poor Law union | Cirencester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from 1600.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Peter (parish church)
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone, principally in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and a small central tower containing 2 bells: there is a stained window in the chancel: there are 320 sittings.
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 Stratton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stratton (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Stratton 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 newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.