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Stratford, Old (Holy Trinity)

STRATFORD, OLD (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick; comprising the town of Stratford, and the hamlet of Luddington with Dodwell; and containing 6022 inhabitants, of whom 3321 are in the township of Old Stratford. The parish comprehends by admeasurement 7359 acres, of which 6276 are in the township. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £20, and in the patronage of the Countess Amherst; net income, £239; impropriators, the Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1786.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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