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'''Stratton St Margaret''' is a [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of [[Swindon]] including Stratton St Margaret itself, along with '''Upper Stratton''', '''Lower Stratton''' and '''Kingsdown'''.

== Geography ==
Stratton St Margaret, once a distinct village, has now become the northeastern part of Swindon and is rapidly becoming suburbanised. The area of the parish was originally much larger than it is now. Most of Gorse Hill was part of the parish until it was transferred to Swindon in 1890,<ref>((Cite web |title=Stratton St Margaret CP/AP |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10412535 |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]] |publisher=University of Portsmouth))</ref> and a large part of the Penhill housing estate was once fields to the north of Stratton St. Margaret. In the south, Nythe was separated from Stratton St. Margaret in 2015<ref>((cite web |date=15 April 2013 |title=New council to be created for Nythe |url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10354564.New_council_to_be_created_for_Nythe/ |access-date=6 February 2016 |website=This is Wiltshire))</ref> and now forms part of [[Nythe, Eldene and Liden]] parish.

== History ==
Stratton derives its name from the [[Latin]] ''strata'' ("paved way" or "street") after the [[Ermin Way|former Roman road]] whose course traverses the parish from northwest to southeast. The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 records the [[Toponymy|toponym]] ''Stratone'', when the parish was held by Nigel, physician to [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]].<ref>((OpenDomesday|SU1787|stratton-st-margaret|Stratton))</ref> The village consisted of three hamlets: The Street; the area around Green Road and Dores Road and including the few houses at Kingsdown; and Stratton Green, mainly around Tilleys Lane. Footpaths and coffin-ways joined the hamlets.  In 1316 Queen [[Margaret of France, Queen of England|Margaret]] had Upper and Lower Stratton in dower, and began the association.  In 1445 it is mentioned as "Margrete Stratton".  In Saxon times it was a market town and had a fair.

[[Walter de Merton|Merton]], Bishop of Rochester had a rectorship here and bought the manor which he presented to [[Merton College, Oxford]] who retained an interest until recent times. A priory here was confiscated by Henry VI and presented to [[King's College, Cambridge]].

Highworth & Swindon [[Workhouse]] was built within the parish from 1834, having been relocated from [[Highworth]]. The hospital was built in 1852. In the 1881 Census, [[Charles Marlow (jockey)|Charles Marlow]], jockey of 1849 Derby winner '[[The Flying Dutchman (horse)|Flying Dutchman]]', is recorded as living in the workhouse.

In the past, the people of Stratton were commonly known as 'crocodiles'. The name came from a local story that some Stratton men once armed themselves against a supposed crocodile found at the side of a road. It turned out to be a scarf.<ref>((cite web |title=Extract from Local Newspaper, no date on cutting - Stratton St. Margaret - Crocodile Legend 1856-1901.pdf |url=http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Stratton%20St.%20Margaret/Stratton%20St.%20Margaret%20-%20Crocodile%20Legend%201856-1901.pdf |publisher=Wiltshire OPC Project |access-date=4 August 2014 ))</ref>

== Religious sites ==

=== Parish church ===
<!--- Church of St Margaret, Stratton St Margaret redirects here -->
[[File:St_Margaret's,_Stratton_St_Margaret_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118819.jpg|thumb|Church of St Margaret]]
St Margaret's [[Church of England parish church|parish church]] is from the late 13th century, although an earlier [[Norman architecture|Norman]] doorway has been repositioned at the north entrance. The north wall of the nave has an early 14th century tomb recess under [[ogee]] arches, the carving called "vigorously crude" by Orbach. The west tower – low, plain and unbuttressed – is from the 13th or 14th century and was partly rebuilt in 1845–1846 during restoration of the church by [[Anthony Salvin]].<ref name="Orbach">((Cite book |last1=Orbach |first1=Julian |title=Wiltshire |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |last3=Cherry |first3=Bridget |author-link3=Bridget Cherry |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-300-25120-3 |series=The Buildings Of England |location=New Haven, US and London |page=706 |oclc=1201298091))</ref>

Vestries were built onto the north side of the chancel, forming an extension of the north aisle, by [[Charles Ponting|C.E. Ponting]] in 1896.<ref name="Ponting">((Cite journal |last=C. E. |first=Ponting |date=1899 |title=The Church of S. Margaret, Stratton St. Margaret |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44847096 |journal=[[Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine]] |volume=30 |issue=91 |pages=175–178 |via=[[Biodiversity Heritage Library]] ((open access))))</ref> In 1949 the chapel at the east end of the south aisle was refurbished as a war memorial and dedicated to [[St Catherine of Alexandria]].<ref name="booklet2">((Cite web |last=Fuller |first=F. W. T. |date= |title=A Brief History of St Margaret's – 1950 booklet, pp.6–7 (part 2 of scan) |url=https://www.strattonteamministry.co.uk/the-churches/st-margarets-stratton-st-margaret/history-of-st-margarets/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Stratton Team Ministry))</ref> The church was designated as [[Grade I listed]] in 1955.<ref name="churchlisting">((National Heritage List for England|num=1185393|desc=Church of St Margaret|access-date=28 March 2024))</ref>

Monuments inside the church include one in marble and alabaster, made around 1670 in memory of Catherine Hedges (died 1649) and attributed to the London sculptor [[Joshua Marshall (sculptor)|Joshua Marshall]].<ref name="Orbach" /> Stained glass in the chancel was made by [[Heaton, Butler and Bayne]] in the 1860s.<ref name="Orbach" /> There were three bells in 1553, and over the years they have been increased to a ring of eight; the oldest is dated 1669.<ref name="booklet2" /><ref>((Cite web |title=Stratton St Margaret, Wiltshire, S Margaret of Antioch |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/12307 |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers))</ref>

One chest tomb in the churchyard is Grade II listed: that of Susanah Nicholas Van Acker<ref>((National Heritage List for England|num=1023415|desc=Churchyard Tomb of Susanah Nicholas Van Acker of Erith|access-date=28 March 2024|fewer-links=yes))</ref> (died in childbirth, 1683) and her husband [[William Hedges (colonial administrator)|William Hedges]] (1632–1701), a merchant who was appointed by the [[East India Company]] as governor of [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]] from 1681 to 1683; in later life he was an alderman of London and a director of the Bank of England.<ref>((Cite DNB|wstitle=Hedges, William|first=Gordon|last=Goodwin|volume=25))</ref>

At some point the parish was united with that of [[South Marston]].<ref>((Cite web |title=St Margaret's, Stratton St Margaret |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11859/more-information/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=A Church Near You |publisher=The Archbishops' Council))</ref> Today, the parish is in the area of the Stratton Team Ministry, alongside South Marston and [[Stanton Fitzwarren]].<ref>((Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=St Margaret's Parish Church, Stratton St Margaret |url=https://www.strattonteamministry.co.uk/the-churches/st-margarets-stratton-st-margaret/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Stratton Team Ministry))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Stratton Team Ministry |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11859/benefice/05-147BT/ |access-date=24 March 2024 |website=A Church Near You |publisher=The Archbishops' Council))</ref>

=== St Philip's ===
[[File:St Philip the Deacon, Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton - geograph.org.uk - 5715782.jpg|thumb|St Philip's Church, Upper Stratton]]
The church of St Philip the Deacon was built on Beechcroft Road in Upper Stratton as a chapel of ease. The redbrick building was begun in 1904 and completed in 1911. Orbach writes: "The interior has grandeur, soaring brick and simple roofs".<ref name="Orbach" /> A district was carved out for it in 1932<ref>((London Gazette
| issue = 33821
| date = 29 April 1932
| pages = 2788–2789
))</ref> and the church continues as a self-contained parish.<ref>((Cite web |title=St Philip The Deacon – Upper Stratton |url=https://stphilips-upperstratton.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=stphilips-upperstratton.org.uk))</ref>

=== Methodists ===
Stratton Methodist Church was built in 1883 on Ermin Street.<ref>((Cite web |title=Welcome – Stratton Methodist Church |url=https://www.strattonmethodist.org.uk/welcome.htm |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=))</ref> In red brick with ornamental stone dressings, its style is called [[Lombard architecture|Lombardic]] by Orbach.<ref name="Orbach" /> This building replaced a [[Primitive Methodist]] chapel at Lower Stratton, erected in 1830, enlarged in 1856, then turned into a pair of dwellings.<ref>((Cite web |last=Hill |first=Christopher |title=Swindon; Lower Stratton Primitive Methodist chapel 1830 |url=https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/wiltshire-2/q-z/lower_stratton_primitive_methodist_chapel |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=My Primitive Methodists |language=en))</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Adam de Stratton]] (died c. 1294) was the son of Thomas de Argoges, or Arwillis, of Stratton St Margaret. His fortune, however, came from moneylending, during the reign of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]. His brother [[Henry de Stratton]] was a judge in Ireland.
* [[John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell]] (born 1945).
* [[Carol Stone|Reverend Carol Stone]] (1954–2014), the United Kingdom's first transgender vicar, served as priest and chaplain of St Philip's Church, Upper Stratton, from 1996 until 2014.<ref>((cite web|title=Sex-change vicar back in pulpit|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1052786.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=6 February 2016|date=3 December 2000))</ref>

==Economy==
Until the early 20th century, employment mainly consisted of agriculture, brewing and shopkeeping. Early in the Second World War a [[Shadow factory|shadow aircraft factory]] was built on land straddling the boundary with [[South Marston]] parish, at first producing the [[Miles Master]] trainer, and later assembling [[Short Stirling]] bombers and building some [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfires]]. [[Vickers-Armstrongs]] bought the factory in 1945 and continued building aircraft until 1961, and components until the early 1980s.<ref>((Cite web|title=Aircraft production at Vickers, Swindon|url=http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=402|url-status=|access-date=2021-03-28|website=SwindonWeb))</ref> [[Honda UK Manufacturing|Honda]] bought the site in 1985 and turned it over to car manufacture. It was the company's sole British plant and employed 3,500 in 2019 when Honda announced that it would close in 2021.<ref>((Cite web|last1=Shane|first1=Daniel|last2=Riley|first2=Charles|date=19 February 2019|title=Honda is closing its only British factory, wiping out 3,500 jobs|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/business/honda-uk-plant-swindon-brexit/index.html|url-status=|access-date=2021-03-28|website=CNN))</ref> In that year the site was sold to [[Panattoni]], an American industrial real estate developer, who intended to use it for a large-scale [[logistics]] operation.<ref>((Cite web|last=Griffith|first=Matt|date=2021-03-26|title=Business West welcomes Honda site announcement and the hundreds of jobs it will create|url=https://www.businesswest.co.uk/blog/business-west-welcomes-honda-site-announcement-and-hundreds-jobs-it-will-create|url-status=|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Business West|language=en))</ref>

There was a bacon factory where Greenbridge is now.  [[Pressed Steel Company|Pressed Steel]] built their car plant in 1955, now owned by [[BMW]] and building parts for the [[Mini (marque)|Mini]]. In 2010 [[DHL]] opened a large distribution centre next to the A419.

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
*((cite book |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=Samuel |editor1-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |edition=Seventh |orig-year=1848 |year=1931 |publisher=[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] |location=London |pages=244–246 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51313))
*((cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget (revision) |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Wiltshire |orig-year=1963 |year=1975 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071026-4 |page=502))
*((cite book|title=Highworth Rural District Council – The Official Guide circa. 1950|publisher=Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd|pages=16–18, 23–25))

==External links==
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*[https://strattonstmargaret.gov.uk/ Stratton St Margaret Parish Council]
*[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/StrattonStMargaret/ Stratton St Margaret parish at GENUKI]
*[http://www.stmargaretschurch.co.uk/ St. Margaret's Church, Stratton St Margaret]
*[https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Highworth/ Highworth & Swindon Workhouse]

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