| The Village Of Stratton |
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Wild garlic growing in the woods was cultivated on a large scale. In medieval times Stratton was famous for this reason. |
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Stratton is a 17th century pretty village. Stratton was a bustling market town and was one of the ten Cornwall Hundreds. |
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| In medieval times Stratton had a thriving market
trade, along with the cattle markets and the trading of herbs and spices. Stratton was the main town until 1836 when Bude, which was a fishing village, became more developed with the coming of the railway. |
St Andrews church is a 12th century Norman church. |
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The town also had a jail, police station and a
courthouse. The police station was moved to Bude, the courthouse converted into two dwellings, and the jail was demolished. The door of the jail was placed in the porch way of the church, and is still there today. |
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Anthony Payne, the Cornish Giant, was born in the Tree Inn,
also known as the Grenville home. He was the body guard of Beville Grenville
fighting with Grenville as a Royalist during the civil wars. The Painting of Anthony Payne, hanging in the court yard of the Tree Inn , is a reproduction of the one that is in the Cornwall Gallery Museum by Sir Godfrey Kneller. |
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Church Cottage or Church house is early 16th Century. A guild house that was used for trading, and where ale was sold to raise funds for the church. |
| STRATTON WOODS |
| Photographs © Anna Marrie 2009 |