Compton Wynyates (parish)

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Compton Wynyates
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Compton Wynyates house
Compton Wynyates is located in Warwickshire
Compton Wynyates
Compton Wynyates
Location within Warwickshire
Civil parish
  • Compton Wynyates
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire
Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 1°31′44″W / 52.083°N 1.529°W / 52.083; -1.529

Compton Wynyates or Compton Wyniates is an ancient parish and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England. It includes the house and grounds of Compton Wynyates, and extends to the north-east and south-west of the house, with size of roughly 3.5 by 0.5 miles (6 km × 0.8 km). The parish has an area of 1,038 acres (420 ha).[1][2] Compton Wynyates was also a village, the earthworks of the village partly survive.[3]

It does not have a parish council but has a parish meeting.[4] Population figures for the 2011 census are not available for this parish.[5] Population figures from 1801 to 1961 ranged between 15 and 48, with a figure of 23 in 1961.[6] The civil parish was within from 1894 to 1931 and within Shipston-on-Stour Rural District from 1931 to 1974.[7]

History[]

The name "Compton" means Valley farm/settlement', the "Wyniates" part means 'windy pass'.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Parishes: Compton Wyniates". A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5, Kington Hundred. Victoria County Histories. pp. 60–67. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Boundary Map of Compton Wynyates AP/CP". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Compton Wynyates". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Parish Meeting : Compton Wynyates". Parish and Town Councils. Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 15 May 2020. Includes map of modern parish boundary
  5. ^ "Local Area Report: Compton Wynyates: Parish". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Nomis. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Compton Wynyates AP/CP: Population". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Compton Wynyates AP/CP: Relationships and changes through time". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Compton Wyniates Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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