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Stratford-sub-Castle

Stratford-sub-Castle in , England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in . At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Stratford sub Castle” and “Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Sarum and St Lawrence, Stratford-sub-Castle.

Archaeological site
Photo: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, in , , is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of . Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.

Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lawrence's Church at Stratford-sub-Castle is a 13th-century Grade I listed Church of England parish church, to the north of , Wiltshire, England.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bob Castle, Public domain.
was a Catholic and Norman cathedral at old Salisbury, England, now known as , between 1092 and 1220. Only its foundations remain, in the north-west quadrant of the circular outer bailey of the site, about 2 miles north of its 13th-century replacement, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bemerton and Harnham.

Suburb
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of , Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day has areas known as Heath, Village and Lower .

Suburb
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is a suburb of the city of in , England, centred about 0.6 miles south of and across the River Avon. is split into the areas of West and East . is situated 2 miles south of Stratford-sub-Castle.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in , England. Lying about 3 miles west of the city of , and until 1889 the county town of Wiltshire, it has a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. is situated 2 miles west of Stratford-sub-Castle.

Stratford-sub-Castle

Latitude
51.08882° or 51° 5′ 20″ north
Longitude
-1.81153° or 1° 48′ 42″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C3W35QQ+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4234539902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
13266477
Wiki­data ID
Q7621929
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Stratford-sub-Castle” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Stratford sub Castle”
  • French: “Stratford sub Castle”
  • Irish: “Stratford sub Castle”
  • Japanese: “ストラトフォード・サブキャッスル”
  • Japanese: “ストラトフォード＝サブ＝キャッスル”
  • Polish: “Stratford sub Castle”
  • Swedish: “Stratford sub Castle”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Old Sarum and Bemerton Heath.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and Avon Valley Nature Reserve.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stratford-sub-Castle”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.