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1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

40,000





30,000





20,000





10,000



5,000

~200
in ~950
2,000
in 1564
8,054
in 1887
19,463
in 1974

John de Stratford

(1275-1348)

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Population

William James

(1771-1837)

40,000





30,000





20,000





10,000



5,000

ENGLISH MONARCHS

Population

Wm Shakespeare

(1564-1616)

Hugh Clopton

(1440-1496)

Joyce Clopton

(1538-1592)

Ambrose

Rookwood

(1578-1606)

Edward F Flower

(1805-1883)

Charles E Flower

(1830-1892)

Archibald Flower

(1865-1950)

Marie Corelli

(1855-1924)

Thomas Lucy Ist

(1558-1640)

James Cox

(1824-1909)

LMS Hotel

(1931)

Various

(2012)

Anglo-Saxon Monastery

by Egwin, Bishop Of Worcester (600’s)

Stratford laid out

by John de

Coutances 1196.

Stratford given Market status

by Richard I 1196.

Stratford Guild founded

1269.

Stratford School founded

by Guild Of The Holy Cross 1295.

King Edward VI School refounded

by Edward VI 1553.

Guild Chapel built

1417.

Stratford Borough status granted

1553.

30, 495
in 2021
Population
Significant district increase is planned. See: Future Housinghttps://cwlocalplans.co.uk/districts/8/stratfordonavon_districtshapeimage_11_link_0
Alfred the
Great 886

PLACES

PEOPLE

Edward the
Elder  889
Ælfweard  924
Æthelstan  924
Edmund I  939
Eadread  946
Eadwig  955
Edgar  959
Edward  975
Æthelred  978
Cnut  1016
Harold H  1035
Hathacnut  1040
Edward C  1042
William C  1066
William R  1087
Henry I  1100
Stephen  1135
Matilda  1141
Henry II  1154
Curtmantle
Richard 1
Lionheart  1189
John  1199
Louis  1216
Henry III  1217
Winchester
Edward I
Longshanks
1272
Edward II
1307
Edward III
Windsor
1327
Richard II
Bordeaux
1377
Henry IV 1399
Bolingbroke
Henry V  1413
Monmouth
Henry VI
1422
Edward IV 1461
Henry VI 1470
Richard III 1483
Henry VII
1485
Henry VIII
1509
Edward  VI 1547
Mary I  1553
Philip  1554
Elizabeth I
1558
James I
1603
Charles I
1625
Cromwell  1653
Charles II
1660
James II  1685
Mary II  1689
William III 1689
Anne  1702
George I  1714
George II
1727
George III
1760
George IV
1820
William IV
1830
Victoria
1837
Edward VII 1901
George V  1910
Edward VIII 1936
George VI  1936
Elizabeth II
1952
Charles III
2022

Viking destruction

1015

Ecclesiastical College

built by Ralph de Stratford

1365

Chantry

built by John de Stratford

1465 <this year is wrong.

Further Information..

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Dec2023

John de Coutances

(?-1198) see below

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Contributing

See our:  Contributor’s Guide

For a detailed history of the pre-mediaeval ownership of Stratford see:  Stratford’s History.

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Last update: 12/06/2024

Created: 22/08/2023