{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Stoulton | civil_parish = Stoulton | country= England | region= West Midlands |coordinates = {{coord|52.146460|-2.1409017|display=inline,title}} | post_town= WORCESTER | postcode_area= WR | postcode_district= WR7 | dial_code= | shire_district= Wychavon | shire_county= Worcestershire | hide_services= Yes | population = 446 | population_ref = (2021) | area_total_km2=7.9202 | constituency_westminster=Droitwich and Evesham | static_image=Stoulton Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1624010.jpg | static_image_caption=village hall | website= }}
'''Stoulton''' or '''Stoughton'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Stoulton|title=Stoulton|publisher=GENUKI|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165937/https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Stoulton|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south west of Worcester,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10099|title=History of History of Stoulton, in Wychavon and Worcestershire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165933/http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10099|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Hawbridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stoultonworcester.org/stoulton-history/|title=STOULTON HISTORY|publisher=Stoulton History|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517184332/https://www.stoultonworcester.org/stoulton-history/|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The civil parish population was 446 at the 2021 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoulton (Parish, United Kingdom) |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010434__stoulton/ |website=City population |access-date=21 February 2026}}</ref> The parish touches Norton-juxta-Kempsey, Whittington, Peopleton, Drakes Broughton, Wadborough and White Ladies Aston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000003046|title=Stoulton|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904231510/http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000003046|archive-date=4 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Many houses in the village date from the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=115&PostCode=WR74QP&Prop=148864&partner=wdc&MarriedTo=0|title=Parish Website of Stoulton|publisher=Worcestershire County Council|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211429/http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=115&PostCode=WR74QP&Prop=148864&partner=wdc&MarriedTo=0|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2010, the Anglican Mucknell Abbey has been in the parish.
== Features == There are 20 listed buildings in Stoulton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/stoulton-wychavon-worcestershire|title=Listed Buildings in Stoulton, Wychavon, Worcestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165933/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/stoulton-wychavon-worcestershire|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Stoulton railway station opened in 1854 and closed in 1966 although it was in the parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough.<ref>{{PastScape|num=509150|desc=Stoulton station|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The village church, St Edmund's Church, dates to the 12th century.<ref>{{PastScape|num=118029|desc=St Edmunds Church|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Upper Wolverton was a village in the parish that is thought to have been depopulated before 1550, the site currently has 2 farms.<ref>{{PastScape|num=118322|desc=Upper Wolverton DMV site|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Lower Wolverton was possibly also a village in the parish.<ref>{{PastScape|num=118335|desc=Lower Wolverton Poss. DMV|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
== History == The name "Stoulton" means 'Stool farm/settlement'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Stoulton|title=Stoulton Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165934/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Stoulton|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Stoulton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Stoltun''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/worcestershire4.html#stoulton|title=Worcestershire S-Z|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806115547/http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/worcestershire4.html#stoulton|archive-date=6 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Stoulton was "Stoltun" in the 9th and 11th centuries, "Stulton" in the 15th century and "Stowton" in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp532-537|title=Parishes: Stoulton|publisher=British History Online|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517171929/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp532-537|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 March 1885 Cookes Holme was transferred to the parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey. The transferred area contained one house in 1891.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10347208|title=Relationships and Changes Stoulton Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165938/http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10347208|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Notable residents== * Scientist and cleric William Derham, the first man to accurately measure the speed of sound, was born in Stoulton in 1657<ref>Smolenaars, Marja. ‘[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528 Derham, William (1657–1735)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161839/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528 |date=2015-09-24 }}’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 17 May 2018.</ref> * Matthias Holst, half-brother of Gustav Holst, lived at Vicarage Cottage<ref>''Birmingham Daily Gazette'' Wednesday 11 April 1956, page 3</ref>
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