Local History - Contents
Local History webpages are listed below with links to the relevant pages. With >70 webpages in this section of the website, there are too many titles to display in the 'History' drop-down menu above (Desktop version) or in the mobile menu. If you can't find what you are looking for on this page or by using the Search menu, please send an email to sscvillagewebsite@gmail.com
Stratford sub Castle
An introduction to the early settlement of the area
Stratford sub Castle place name variations & origins
Kerry O'Connor
Benchmarks in and near Stratford sub Castle
Kerry O'Connor
Land Holding (or tenureship) in 1748
Kerry O'Connor
Land Sale 100 years ago
Kerry O'Connor
Magic Lantern 1890s - Mill Lane & Old Sarum
Kerry O'Connor
Map, First Edition Ordnance Survey map of Stratford sub Castle & the Woodford Valley 1817
Kerry O'Connor
David James
Road, A lost road to a lost abode
Kerry O'Connor
Stratford sub Castle & the oldest road in Britain
Kerry O'Connor
Kerry O'Connor
Streetlighting
Jane Court
Turnpikes & Milestones near Stratford sub Castle
Kerry O'Connor
Water Meadows, Stratford's Historic Water Meadows
Jim Platt
Water Supply, a history of the water supply to Stratford sub Castle
Kerry O'Connor
Kerry O'Connor
Old Sarum
Old Sarum - a Defensive Site
with a link to video
'Old Sarum from the air'
Old Sarum - images of the interpretation panels installed by English Heritage
as described by Henry d'Avranches
Old Sarum Landscapes Project - Introduction with links to several archaeological reports/papers and a photo gallery..
Old Sarum - Parliament Tree & Rotten Borough
Old Sarum - the Pit, the Pile, the Possible Pillbox
Kerry O'Connor revised December 2020
Old Sarum Tunnel
Kerry O'Connor
David Balston & Kerry O'Connor
Archives
Driving a pony & trap without lights 1903
Parsonage Farm bore hole report from 1937
Domesday revisited - 1986 BBC Project
Stratford sub Castle Primary School took part. Read their contributions.
Miscellaneous but still with a local connection
Kerry O'Connor
Old Sarum is mentioned in Walter Pope's
'Ballad of Salisbury' published in 1713
Stratford's Historic Buildings
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Avon Farm - a 19C 'Model Farm'
Kerry O'Connor
David James
St Lawrence Church - link to Church History pages
Graffiti in St Lawrence Church, and its screens and pews A joint illustrated report by Jamie Ingram, Penny Copeland and Jude Jones, University of Southampton..
Old Forge & Little Thatches Cottages - illustrated details by David James
Old Sarum View - illustrated details of this former shop & post office by David James.
Photo Album of Historic Houses in Stratford sub Castle an illustrated tour of some of the village's older dwellings.
Stratford Smithy - illustrated details by David James
People with a connection to Stratford sub Castle
Antiquarian & Travel Writer
Archbishop / visitor to Old Sarum
Stratford Clergyman & hymn writer
Travel Writer
John Henry Cook - his own account of
Life at Mawarden Court in the 1920's & 1930's
He was the son of the Rev William Henry Cook.
Travel Writer
Author & Travel Writer
Eleanor of Aquitaine
A Queen who was imprisoned at Old Sarum
Travel writer
A future King of England
Richard Hill MBE
International Rugby Player
John Cattrell Hudson
Hudson's Field benefactor
Secretary to Thomas Becket
Instigator of the Reading Room
Director General of Ordnance Survey
Second Bishop of the original cathedral
Diary & Travel Writer
Church benefactors & family of a Prime Minister
King of England
King of England
We Will Remember them
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Many of the articles that appear in the History section of this website were written by members of the
Stratford sub Castle Local History Group.