Whatcote

Whatcote is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Shipston on Stour in the Vale of the Red Horse.[2] The population at the 2011 census was 143.[3]

Whatcote

The Royal Oak, Whatcote
Whatcote
Location within Warwickshire
Population153 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP2944
Civil parish
  • Whatcote
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townShipston-on-Stour
Postcode districtCV36
Dialling code01295
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Manor

The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Hugh de Grandmesnil, one of William the Conqueror's military commanders, owned the manor of Whatcote.[4] In the latter half of the 14th century Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford acquired the manor.[4] It remained with the Stafford family until 1520 when Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham conveyed the manor to Sir William Compton.[4] It remained with the Compton family, the Earls of Northampton until early in the 19th century, but by 1826 it had been acquired by Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet.[4] By 1865 Sir Adolphus had sold it to the Peach family, who in turn sold it to Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield.[4]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of St. Peter was built in the first half of the 12th century.[4] The nave survives from this period, with a Norman doorway and two Norman windows in the north wall.[5] The tower and several windows in the south wall were added late in the 13th century and the chancel was rebuilt in about 1300.[5] One of the windows in the south wall of the chancel is a 14th-century addition.[4] The south porch, and the parapet and two of the bell-chamber windows of the tower, are 15th century additions.[4] In the 16th or 17th century a buttress was added to shore up part of the north wall.[4] A German bomb badly damaged the nave and porch in 1941 and the building was restored in 1947.[4]

The church tower has three bells. The tenor had been cast in 1652[6] but was recast by Henry Bond of Burford,[7] Oxfordshire in 1897.[8] John Clark of Evesham[7] cast the second bell in 1711.[8] The treble bell was cast in 1766[6] but was recast by William Blews & Sons of Birmingham[7] in 1878.[8]

In the churchyard are the base and shaft of a mediaeval cross, from which the top has been lost and replaced with a 17th or early 18th century sundial.[5] St. Peter's is now part of a single benefice with the neighbouring parishes of Oxhill and Tysoe.[9]

Amenities

Whatcote has a public house, the Royal Oak, Owned by Henry Jervis of Tysoe.[10]

References

  1. "Area selected: Stratford-on-Avon (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. Edwards, 1950, p.51
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. Salzman, 1949, pages 202-205
  5. Pevsner & Wedgwood, 1966, page 470
  6. Church Bells of Warwickshire: Whatcote St Peter
  7. "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  8. "Whatcote S Peter". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  9. A Church Near You: Whatcote - St. Peter, Whatcote
  10. http://www.theroyaloakwhatcote.co.uk

Sources

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