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A
Little History of Cherington and Stourton
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| Home | Cherington,
Stourton and neighbouring Sutton-under-Brailes, 1900 - 1999 |
About the villages |
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The
Millennium History, published in 2004, is mostly about the inhabitants who
have peopled these three neighbouring South Warwickshire villages over the
last hundred years. It is packed with fascinating detail and anecdotes,
which makes for a hugely entertaining read.
The first part of the book is based on interviews with some 200 households carried out in 1999. This was a timely Millennium study since there remain at least a dozen families who were here in 1901, a fact unusual in an age when the character of so many such villages is changing so swiftly. The result of this unofficial census is a valuable house-by-house record for posterity. The second part of the book is a Diary for 1999 to which over forty people have contributed. Next (sections 20-54) comes a series of some forty short articles on village activities and institutions during the 20th century. The villages are notable for some thirty houses having date-stones, from 1691 to 1991; these are recorded and some are illustrated. Appendices record the Roll of Honour for the two World Wars and list Chairmen of Parish Meetings and Councils, Incumbents, Schoolteachers; population statistics 1851 - 2001, and rainfall and temperatures for 1999. |
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