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Pillerton Priors or Over Pillerton[1] is a settlement and civil parish 11 miles (18 km) south of Warwick,[2] in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 294.[3] The parish touches Ettington, Oxhill and Pillerton Hersey.[4] Pillerton Priors and Pillerton Hersey are jointly known as "The Pillertons".[5]

Pillerton Priors
Pillerton Priors Location within Warwickshire
Area	6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population	294 (2011 census)
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Civil parish	Pillerton Priors
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Website	http://www.pillertonpriors.com/index.html
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.126221°N 1.5744745°W / 52.126221; -1.5744745

Features

There are 6 listed buildings in Pillerton Priors.[6] Pillerton Priors once has a church called St Mary Magdalen's, the graveyard still exists but there's no remains of the church.[7] Pillerton Priors has a village hall.[8]

History

The name "Pillerton" means 'Farm/settlement connected with Pilheard'. The "Priors" part from the fact that it was held by the Abbot of Evroult in 1086.[9] Pillerton Priors was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pilardetune.[10] There are medieval boundary ditches around the village of Pillerton Priors which possibly show the extent of the medieval village.[11]

References

External links

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• Parish council

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