Pillerton Priors or Over Pillerton[1] is a settlement and civil parish 11 miles (18 km) south of Warwick,[2] in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 294.[3] The parish touches Ettington, Oxhill and Pillerton Hersey.[4] Pillerton Priors and Pillerton Hersey are jointly known as "The Pillertons".[5]
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  Pillerton Priors Location within Warwickshire | |
| Area | 6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
| Population | 294 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Website | http://www.pillertonpriors.com/index.html |
Features
editThere are 6 listed buildings in Pillerton Priors.[6] Pillerton Priors once had a church called St Mary Magdalen's; the graveyard still exists but there are no remains of the church.[7] Pillerton Priors has a village hall.[8]
History
editThe name "Pillerton" means 'Farm/settlement connected with Pilheard'. The "Priors" part from the fact that the Manor was held by the Abbot of Evroult in 1086 of Hugh de Grentemaisnil or Grandmesnil.[9][10] Pillerton Priors was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pilardetune.[11] There are medieval boundary ditches around the village of Pillerton Priors which possibly show the extent of the medieval village.[12] The Victoria County History records that the Manor of Pillerton Priors was in the ownership of the Mills family by 1823, from whose Executors it was conveyed to Gerald and Mair Howell in the late 1970s.[13][14] The current Lord of the Manor of Pillerton Priors is Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Parishes: Pillerton Priors". British History Online. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Distance from Pillerton Priors [52.127007, 1.573448]". GENUKI. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Pillerton Priors". City Population De. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Pillerton Priors". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Village history". Pillerton Priors Parish Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Pillerton Priors, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "St Mary Magdalens Church (332909)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Useful information". Pillerton Priors Parish Council. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Pillerton Priors Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Parishes: Pillerton Priors". British History Online. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Warwickshire G-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Medieval boundary ditches (1571901)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Parishes: Pillerton Priors". British History Online. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "The Pillertons Parish News" (PDF). August 2023. p. 3-4. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "The Register of Feudal Lords and Barons of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". The Armorial Register International Register of Arms. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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