| Civil parish | Stoulton |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Coordinates | 52.14646°N 2.1409017°W |
| Post town | WORCESTER |
| Postcode area | WR |
| Postcode district | WR7 |
| Shire district | Wychavon |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Hide services | Yes |
| Population | 446 |
| Area total | 7.9202 km² |
| Constituency westminster | Droitwich and Evesham |
| Static image | Stoulton Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1624010.jpg |
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] The civil parish population was 446 at the 2021 census.[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] Since 2010, the Anglican Mucknell Abbey has been in the parish.
Features
There are 20 listed buildings in Stoulton.[7] Stoulton railway station opened in 1854 and closed in 1966 although it was in the parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough.[8] The village church, St Edmund's Church, dates to the 12th century.[9] Upper Wolverton was a village in the parish that is thought to have been depopulated before 1550, the site currently has 2 farms.[10] Lower Wolverton was possibly also a village in the parish.[11]
History
The name "Stoulton" means 'Stool farm/settlement'.[12] Stoulton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stoltun.[13] Stoulton was "Stoltun" in the 9th and 11th centuries, "Stulton" in the 15th century and "Stowton" in the 17th century.[14] On 25 March 1885 Cookes Holme was transferred to the parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey. The transferred area contained one house in 1891.[15]
Notable residents
- Scientist and cleric William Derham, the first man to accurately measure the speed of sound, was born in Stoulton in 1657[16]
- Matthias Holst, half-brother of Gustav Holst, lived at Vicarage Cottage[17]
References
- ^ "Stoulton". GENUKI. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "History of History of Stoulton, in Wychavon and Worcestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "STOULTON HISTORY". Stoulton History. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Stoulton (Parish, United Kingdom)". City population. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
- ^ "Stoulton". Ordnance Survey. Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Parish Website of Stoulton". Worcestershire County Council. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Stoulton, Wychavon, Worcestershire". British Listed Buildings. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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- ^ "Stoulton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Worcestershire S-Z". The Domesday Book Online. Archived 6 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Parishes: Stoulton". British History Online. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Relationships and Changes Stoulton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived 17 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Birmingham Daily Gazette Wednesday 11 April 1956, page 3