Pillerton Priors

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]

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

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)". 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)". PastScape. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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