In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Compton like this:
COMPTON (Little), or Compton-Parva, a parish in the district of Chipping-Norton and county of Warwick; n ear the Four Shire stone, 4 miles E of Moreton r. station, and 4½ NW of Chipping-Norton. Post town, Barton-on-the-Heath, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 1, 670. Real property, £2, 314. ...
Pop., 398. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £66. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1864, and is in the decorated English style. Charities, £45. Bishop Juxon, the chaplain of Charles I., was a resident.
Little Compton through time
Little 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 Little Compton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Compton, in Stratford on Avon and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9359
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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