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A Little History of Cherington and Stourton, Warwickshire

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Covering the period 1200 to 1933, it documents in just a few dozen pages the history of these two rural settlements. Mention is also made of the neighbouring hamlet of Weston, in the parish of Long Compton: it was a lord of Weston, William Sheldon, who was responsible for the creation of the famous Sheldon or Barcheston tapestries.

The work contains lists of former inhabitants, and many references throughout the centuries to these and "outsiders" having connections with the villages. We discover something of how they lived, and in some cases exactly where.

We learn how they organised their villages, who were rogues and who were upright, and how justice was done in the eyes of those in (we hope) the second category. Moreover, this little history offers curiosities and anecdotes, about duelling, a mysterious tomb, a Civil War battle.....

Even if you have no particular interest in these villages or in the Dickins family, to which a whole chapter is devoted, a dip into these pages will provide an insight into many features typical of past life in hundreds of English villages, and into how they were recorded for posterity.

	Covering the period 1200 to 1933, it documents in just a few dozen pages the history of these two rural settlements. Mention is also made of the neighbouring hamlet of Weston, in the parish of Long Compton: it was a lord of Weston, William Sheldon, who was responsible for the creation of the famous Sheldon or Barcheston tapestries. The work contains lists of former inhabitants, and many references throughout the centuries to these and "outsiders" having connections with the villages. We discover something of how they lived, and in some cases exactly where. We learn how they organised their villages, who were rogues and who were upright, and how justice was done in the eyes of those in (we hope) the second category. Moreover, this little history offers curiosities and anecdotes, about duelling, a mysterious tomb, a Civil War battle..... Even if you have no particular interest in these villages or in the Dickins family, to which a whole chapter is devoted, a dip into these pages will provide an insight into many features typical of past life in hundreds of English villages, and into how they were recorded for posterity.