In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Long Compton like this:
COMPTON (Long), a village and a parish in the district of Chipping-Norton and county of Warwick. The village stands near the boundary with Oxford and Gloucester, 5 miles SSE of Shipston-on-Stour, and 6 E of Moreton r. station; has a post office under Shipston-on-Stour; and was once a market-town. ...
The parish includes also the hamlet of Weston. Acres, 3, 530. Real property, £6, 117. Pop., 703. Houses, 166. Weston House is the seat of Sir George Phillips, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £191.* Patron, Eton College. The church was recently restored. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £18.
Long Compton through time
Long Compton is now part of Stratford on Avon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stratford on Avon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Long Compton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Long Compton, in Stratford on Avon and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8842
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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