# Strensham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Strensham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Strensham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strensham > Source revision: 1322880429 > 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=April 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.052949|-2.144583|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Strensham | population = 314 | population_ref = (2001){{cite web |url=http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003043/http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27 }} | area_total_sq_mi = 3.07 | area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42880M|title = Parishes: Strensham | British History Online}} | static_image = Strensham Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1007415.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = Strensham Village Hall | shire_district = [Wychavon](/source/Wychavon) | shire_county = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire) | region = West Midlands | civil_parish = Strensham | constituency_westminster = | postcode_district = WR8 | postcode_area = WR | post_town = WORCESTER | dial_code = 01684 | os_grid_reference = SO903393 | london_distance = {{convert|95|mi|km}}{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/howfar?FROMGR=SO903393 |title=Gazetteer (how far) |publisher=GENUKI |access-date=2009-07-02}} }} '''Strensham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|ɛ|n|ʃ|ə|m}} {{respell|STREN-shəm}}) is a village in the [Wychavon](/source/Wychavon) district of [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire). In the 2001 census, the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of Strensham had a population of 314 across 127 households. Since 1991, the population has risen 28.7% from 244 residents. ==History== {{see also|History of Worcestershire}} The name Strensham derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) ''Strengshām'' or ''Strengshamm'', meaning 'Streng's village/hemmed-in land'.{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Strensham|title=Strensham |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=18 November 2025}} [[File:Strensham Church - geograph.org.uk - 4288.jpg|thumb|left|[St John the Baptist's Church, Strensham](/source/St_John_the_Baptist's_Church%2C_Strensham)]] The [Church of St John the Baptist](/source/St_John_the_Baptist's_Church%2C_Strensham) lies in Lower Strensham atop a hill overlooking the [River Avon](/source/River_Avon_(Warwickshire)), constructed in the 14th century.{{Citation |url= https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1273274&resourceID=5|title= Church of St John the Baptist, Strensham|publisher= Heritage Gateway ([English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage), Institute of Historic Building Conservation and [ALGAO:England](/source/ALGAO))|year=2006|work=Heritage Gateway website | access-date= 30 October 2010}} Strensham was once part of the [Royal forest](/source/Royal_forest) of [Horewell](/source/Horewell_Forest). The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War).* 'Parishes: Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4, ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 163–177 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp163-177 [accessed 30 August 2015] ==Geography== The eastern edge of the parish lies on the banks of the River Avon, while the [River Severn](/source/River_Severn) is {{convert|2|mi|km}} to the west. Both rivers converge {{convert|4|mi|km}} to the south in the [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire) town of [Tewkesbury](/source/Tewkesbury). Nearby villages include [Twyning](/source/Twyning), [Bredon](/source/Bredon), [Eckington](/source/Eckington%2C_Worcestershire) and [Ripple](/source/Ripple%2C_Worcestershire). The town of [Upton-upon-Severn](/source/Upton-upon-Severn) lies {{convert|3|mi|km}} to the north west. ==Transport== On 19 May 1966, in Nottingham, two new proposed 54-mile motorways were announced, planned by five counties. One motorway would join the M1 at [Lockington](/source/Lockington%2C_Leicestershire) in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), and to join the M5 at [Rashwood](/source/Wychbold) in Worcestershire. This became the M42.''Nottingham Evening Post'' Thursday 19 May 1966, page 1 The A42 would later terminate at Lockington. The proposed 54-mile [M69 motorway](/source/M69_motorway) was planned to extend through Warwickshire to Strensham, on the M5. This extension of the M69 was largely built as the dual carriageway [A46](/source/A46_road), around Warwick.''Birmingham Daily Post'' Saturday 4 June 1966, page 29 ==Strensham services== {{Main|Strensham services}} The village gives its name to a [motorway service area](/source/motorway_service_area) located just to the north of the village on the [M5 motorway](/source/M5_motorway) which opened with the motorway in 1962.{{cn|date=August 2024}} The [Midlands Air Ambulance](/source/Midlands_Air_Ambulance) service has been operating one of its helicopters from the services site since 1991 following a deal with the then operator, Take a Break.{{cite news|title=Ambulance lands a new base - on the M5|publisher=Birmingham Evening Mail|date=6 May 1998}} ==Strensham Court== Strensham Court was an early 19th-century country house in a landscaped park. It was built of [ashlar](/source/ashlar) in two storeys to a rectangular plan. A substantial portico was added later with large Ionic pillars.{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-445367-strensham-court-strensham-worcestershire|title= Strensham Court, Strensham|publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date = 18 September 2013}} The manor of Strensham belonged historically to the Russell family. The Strensham estate was purchased in 1817 from descendants of the Russell family by John Taylor, grandson of [John Taylor](/source/John_Taylor_(manufacturer)), the wealthy Birmingham industrialist. He had a new building constructed in 1824 to replace an earlier house on the site.{{cite web|url= http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/3163?preview=1|title= Strensham Court, England Record Id: 3163|publisher= Parks and Gardens|access-date = 18 September 2013}} Taylor was [High Sheriff of Worcestershire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Worcestershire) in 1817 and died unmarried in 1848. The property passed to his brother James who died soon after, then to James's son James Arthur ([MP](/source/Member_of_parliament), died 1889) and to the latter's son Arthur James.{{cite web|url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42880|title= A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4|publisher= British History Online|access-date = 18 September 2013}} The house was vacated in 1935, occupied during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) by the Convent School from [Acocks Green](/source/Acocks_Green) in Birmingham, thereafter becoming derelict, and demolished after a fire in November 1974. ==Notable residents== [[File:Hudibras, 1859 - Plate - Butler's Tenement.png|left|thumb|[Samuel Butler](/source/Samuel_Butler_(poet))'s tenement in Strensham]] * [Samuel Butler](/source/Samuel_Butler_(poet)), a poet, was baptized in the village in February 1613. He was buried in St Paul's, Covent Garden and a memorial later placed in [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey){{cite web|url=http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Strensham.html |title=Strensham |publisher=Worcesterbmsgh.co.uk |access-date=2009-07-02}} * [Treadway Russell Nash](/source/Treadway_Russell_Nash), Rector in 1792, partly responsible for re-popularising Butler ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=135&partner=wdc Strensham Parish Council] {{Wychavon}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Worcestershire Category:Wychavon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Strensham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strensham) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strensham?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.