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East Stratton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about East Stratton

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East Stratton history

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The Manor of East Stratton was granted to the New Minster (Hyde Abbey) about AD900 by King Edward the Elder and remained in the Abbey’s hands until the Dissolution. In 1564 the manor was purchased for £1,318 by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, later Earl of Southampton (d.1550). The last earl, Thomas (d.1667), made “the house at Stratton Park one of his chief seats in the Country.” He was probably responsible for first enclosing the park. In 1667 the manor passed to Thomas’s daughter Lady Rachel and her husband William, Lord Russell who is said to have “pulled down part of the town or hamlet of Stratton and laid it into his Dear Park”. Lord and Lady Russell improved the estate and house, laying out “orchards, gardens and avenues, planted groves, wildernesses and other ornaments to adorn and accommodate this beautiful and pleasant scene”. Lord Russell was executed in 1683 for complicity in the Rye House Plot but Lady Russell continued to look after the estate until her death in 1723. In 1723 the estate passed to Lady Russell’s grandson Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford. He is generally credited with the demolition of “a great part of the ancient mansion at Stratton Park lest it should cause the magnificent residence at Woburn Abbey to be neglected…” In 1801 Sir Francis Baring purchased the estate for £150,000 and the Baring family have owned the Stratton estate ever since. Sir Francis immediately started improving the estate. The old house was removed and remodelled in the classic style by George Dance Jnr who designed the ‘new cottages’. The House became The Vyne Stratton School in the 1920s, but not for long. Open fields round the village were closed in 1800–1850, the park was twice extended south and new cottages and the Plough Inn were erected at the south end of the village. East Stratton Farm lay in the middle of the new road to the New Farm. By the middle of the century much of the old village had been knocked down for improvements to the park. Opposite where the old church had stood a new school was built, to replace the old one which had burnt down, by Sir Thomas Baring in 1846, he described it as ‘a neat Elizabethan style’ and it still stand in the park today. The school could accommodate 150 children but its average attendance was 60. It was closed in the 1960s The old church which had been largely rebuilt in 1810 was demolished and a cross was built in its place. The new church, All Saints, was built in the village and was opened in 1888.

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Best East Stratton places to visit

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East Stratton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied East Stratton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo East Stratton’s information audio spots:

Micheldever Wood Micheldever Wood is a wood near the village of Micheldever, in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Winchester. It is managed by Forestry Commission England. There are prehistoric remains from the Bronze Age and other periods in the wood, including a Roman villa.

St Mary’s Church, Micheldever St Mary’s Church is an Anglican church in Micheldever, Hampshire, England. It is in the Diocese of Winchester. The building, which is Grade II* listed, is unusual for its octagonal nave.

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