| East Stratton | |
|---|---|
 Thatched houses in East Stratton | |
  East Stratton Location within Hampshire | |
| Population | 200 |
| OS grid reference | SU541400 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WINCHESTER |
| Postcode district | SO21 |
| Dialling code | 01962 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
East Stratton is an estate village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Micheldever, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is at the entrance to the landscaped grounds of Stratton Park, some 8 miles northeast of Winchester[1][2] Both park and village demonstrate the evolution of a landscape directed by three eminent families – Wriothesley, Russell and Baring – during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In 1931 the parish had a population of 230.[3]
In East Stratton can clearly be seen a sequence of village development stretching over four centuries. At the north end, thatched cottages dating from the 17th and 18th centuries border the lane which sweeps down to the entrance of the park. Around the village crossroads and war memorial are grouped other cottages and the 'new' 19th-century church, All Saints, East Stratton and farm. Further south are five pairs of early 19th-century estate cottages and the 19th-century Plough Inn (now renamed the Northbrook Arms). A dozen houses erected in this century by the rural district council and Forestry Commission now extend the village as far as Cold Harbour, once a small separate hamlet.
The name Stratton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village on a Roman road.[4]
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Population statistics East Stratton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 441. ISBN 9780199609086.