Pillerton Priors
Pillerton Priors is located in Warwickshire
Pillerton Priors
Pillerton Priors
Location within Warwickshire
Area6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population294 (2011 census)
• Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Pillerton Priors
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Websitehttp://www.pillertonpriors.com/index.html
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire
52°07′34″N 1°34′28″W / 52.126221°N 1.5744745°W / 52.126221; -1.5744745

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]

Features

There are 6 listed buildings in Pillerton Priors.[6] Pillerton Priors once has a church called St Mary Magdalen's, the graveyard still exists but there's no remains of the church.[7] Pillerton Priors has a village hall.[8]

History

The name "Pillerton" means 'Farm/settlement connected with Pilheard'. The "Priors" part from the fact that it was held by the Abbot of Evroult in 1086.[9] Pillerton Priors was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pilardetune.[10] There are medieval boundary ditches around the village of Pillerton Priors which possibly show the extent of the medieval village.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Parishes: Pillerton Priors". British History Online. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Distance from Pillerton Priors [52.127007, 1.573448]". GENUKI. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Pillerton Priors". City Population De. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Pillerton Priors". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Village history". Pillerton Priors Parish Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Listed Buildings in Pillerton Priors, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. ^ Historic England. "St Mary Magdalens Church (332909)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Useful information". Pillerton Priors Parish Council. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Pillerton Priors Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Warwickshire G-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Medieval boundary ditches (1571901)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 November 2020.

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