# Stoulton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stoulton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stoulton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoulton > Source revision: 1339612599 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Wychavon) | shire_county= [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire) | hide_services= Yes | population = 446 | population_ref = (2021) | area_total_km2=7.9202 | constituency_westminster=[Droitwich and Evesham](/source/Droitwich_and_Evesham) | static_image=Stoulton Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1624010.jpg | static_image_caption=village hall | website= }} '''Stoulton''' or '''Stoughton'''{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Stoulton|title=Stoulton|publisher=[GENUKI](/source/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}} is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) about 5 miles south west of [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England),{{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](/source/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}} in the [Wychavon](/source/Wychavon) district, in the county of [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), England. The parish includes the hamlet of [Hawbridge](/source/Hawbridge).{{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}} The civil parish population was 446 at the [2021 census](/source/2021%E2%80%932022_United_Kingdom_censuses).{{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}} The parish touches [Norton-juxta-Kempsey](/source/Norton-juxta-Kempsey), [Whittington](/source/Whittington%2C_Worcestershire), [Peopleton](/source/Peopleton), [Drakes Broughton](/source/Drakes_Broughton), [Wadborough](/source/Wadborough) and [White Ladies Aston](/source/White_Ladies_Aston).{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000003046|title=Stoulton|publisher=[Ordnance Survey](/source/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}} Many houses in the village date from the 17th century.{{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](/source/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}} Since 2010, the Anglican [Mucknell Abbey](/source/Mucknell_Abbey) has been in the parish. == Features == There are 20 listed buildings in Stoulton.{{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}} [Stoulton railway station](/source/Stoulton_railway_station) opened in 1854 and closed in 1966 although it was in the parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough.{{PastScape|num=509150|desc=Stoulton station|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} The village church, St Edmund's Church, dates to the 12th century.{{PastScape|num=118029|desc=St Edmunds Church|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} Upper Wolverton was a village in the parish that is thought to have been depopulated before 1550, the site currently has 2 farms.{{PastScape|num=118322|desc=Upper Wolverton DMV site|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} Lower Wolverton was possibly also a village in the parish.{{PastScape|num=118335|desc=Lower Wolverton Poss. DMV|access-date=17 May 2019|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} == History == The name "Stoulton" means 'Stool farm/settlement'.{{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}} Stoulton was recorded in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 as ''Stoltun''.{{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}} Stoulton was "Stoltun" in the 9th and 11th centuries, "Stulton" in the 15th century and "Stowton" in the 17th century.{{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}} On 25 March 1885 Cookes Holme was transferred to the parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey. The transferred area contained one house in 1891.{{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}} ==Notable residents== * Scientist and cleric [William Derham](/source/William_Derham), the first man to accurately measure the [speed of sound](/source/speed_of_sound), was born in Stoulton in 1657Smolenaars, 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](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)'', [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2004. Accessed 17 May 2018. * Matthias Holst, half-brother of [Gustav Holst](/source/Gustav_Holst), lived at Vicarage Cottage''Birmingham Daily Gazette'' Wednesday 11 April 1956, page 3 == References == {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|Stoulton}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Worcestershire Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire Category:Wychavon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stoulton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoulton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoulton?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.