Stoulton

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Stoulton
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Stoulton
Location within Worcestershire
Area7.9202 km2 (3.0580 sq mi)
Population453 (2011 census)
•  Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Stoulton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORCESTER
Postcode district WR7
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°08′47″N2°08′27″W / 52.146460°N 2.1409017°W / 52.146460; -2.1409017

Stoulton or Stoughton [1] is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south west of Worcester, [2] in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Hawbridge. [3] In 2011 the parish had a population of 453. [4] The parish touches Norton-juxta-Kempsey, Whittington, Peopleton, Drakes Broughton, Wadborough and White Ladies Aston. [5] Many houses in the village date from the 17th century. [6] The scientist and cleric William Derham, the first man to accurately measure the speed of sound, was born in Stoulton in 1657. [7]

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Features

There are 20 listed buildings in Stoulton. [8] Stoulton railway station opened in 1854 and closed in 1966 although it was in the parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough. [9] The village church, St Edmund's Church, dates to the 12th century. [10] Upper Wolverton was a village in the parish that is thought to have been depopulated before 1550, the site currently has 2 farms. [11] Lower Wolverton was possibly also a village in the parish. [12]

History

The name "Stoulton" means 'Stool farm/settlement'. [13] Stoulton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stoltun. [14] Stoulton was "Stoltun" in the 9th and 11th centuries, "Stulton" in the 15th century and "Stowton" in the 17th century. [15] On the 25th of March 1885 Cookes Holme was transferred to the parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey. The transferred area contained 1 house in 1891. [16]

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ "Stoulton". GENUKI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "History of History of Stoulton, in Wychavon and Worcestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "STOULTON HISTORY". Stoulton History. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Stoulton Parish (E04010434)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Stoulton". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Parish Website of Stoulton". Worcestershire County Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Smolenaars, Marja. ‘Derham, William (1657–1735) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine ’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 17 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Listed Buildings in Stoulton, Wychavon, Worcestershire". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Historic England, "Stoulton station (509150)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 17 May 2019
  10. ↑ Historic England, "St Edmunds Church (118029)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 17 May 2019
  11. ↑ Historic England, "Upper Wolverton DMV site (118322)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 17 May 2019
  12. ↑ Historic England, "Lower Wolverton Poss. DMV (118335)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 17 May 2019
  13. ↑ "Stoulton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Worcestershire S-Z". The Domesday Book Online. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Parishes: Stoulton". British History Online. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Relationships and Changes Stoulton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  17. ↑ Birmingham Daily Gazette Wednesday 11 April 1956, page 3
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