Stretton Baskerville / Stratone

INFORMATION

FontID: 19712STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [disappeared]
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Stretton Baskerville is a deserted medieval village 3 km S of Hinckley, just off Watling Street [aka A5], 7 km E of Nuneaton, 8 km from Rugby
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Worcester]
Historical Region: Hundred of Bumbelowe [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Stretton [Baskerville] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4291/stretton-baskerville/] [accessed 10 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County Council (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "Between 1210 and 1214 there was a lawsuit between Walter de Baskerville and the prioress of Nuneaton about the presentation to this church [...] After the extinction of the village by the inclosures of 1488 and 1493 the church fell into ruins. In 1633 Bishop Wright of Lichfield wrote to Laud asking whether Stretton, in common with the churches of other decayed villages in his diocese, should be rebuilt or the parishes united with neighbouring ones. [...] The church was not rebuilt, and the parish was served by the clergy of Burton Hastings (since 1927 united with Wolvey). [...] By 1636 Stretton Baskerville was considered to be a part of Burton Hastings, [...] and Dugdale, writing about the same time, states that there is 'not now any part of the Church standing'."

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UTM: 30U 609756 5819680