Temple Grafton

Coordinates: 52°11′29″N 1°49′20″W / 52.191338°N 1.822102°W / 52.191338; -1.822102
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Temple Grafton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALCESTER
Postcode districtB49
Dialling code01789
PoliceWarwickshire
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Warwickshire
52°11′29″N 1°49′20″W / 52.191338°N 1.822102°W / 52.191338; -1.822102

Temple Grafton is a village and

Henry VIII the mistake has been perpetuated. During the reign of Richard I the estate in fact belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.[2] During the reign of Edward III in 1347 the village was recorded as Grafton Superior while neighbouring Ardens Grafton was named Inferior.[3]

History

Temple Grafton was alleged to have been granted to

Hundred Gilbert holds 5 hides in (Grastone) Temple Grafton. Land for 5 ploughs. In lordship 2; 4 slaves; 6 villagers with a priest and 6 smallholders with 5 ploughs. Meadow, 24 acres. The value was £3; now £4. Merwin,Scroti, Toti and Tosti held it freely before 1066."[5]

The first mention of the

lords of the manor until the suppression of their Order in 1540 when the manor passed to the Crown.[4]

It is known as one of the Shakespeare villages. William Shakespeare is said to have joined a party of Stratford folk which set itself to outdrink a drinking club at Bidford-on-Avon, and as a result of his labours in that regard to have fallen asleep under the crab tree of which a descendant is still called Shakespeare's tree. When morning dawned his friends wished to renew the encounter but he wisely said "No I have drunk with "Piping Pebworth, Dancing Marston, Haunted Hillboro', Hungry Grafton, Dodging Exhall, Papist Wixford, Beggarly Broom and Drunken Bidford" and so, presumably, I will drink no more." The story is said to date from the 17th century but of its truth or of any connection of the story or the verse to Shakespeare there is no evidence. The hungry ephitet refers to the poverty of the soil.[6]

Governance

Temple Grafton, early 20th century
Temple and Arden Grafton are above the escarpment

Temple Grafton is part of the Bardon

MP is Nadhim Zahawi
of the Conservative Party.

Notable buildings

The

St. Andrew was entirely rebuilt in 1875 to a design by Frederick Preedy[8] on the site of an older edifice.[2] Consisting of a chancel with a north organ chamber and vestry, nave, north aisle, and a south-west tower serving as a porch, it is built of lias stone with sandstone
dressings, and has tiled roofs. On the north wall of the chancel is a repainted stone shield of arms of the 17th century with the six quarterings of the Woodchurch-Clarke family, impaling the quarterly coat of De la Hay, Winterbourne, Sheldon, and Ruding. In the organ chamber is a 17th-century oak chest with panelled sides, a carved top-rail, and a panelled lid.

Another chest is of the 18th or early 19th century.

moated manor house. The architect was J. S. Alder. The house was used for some time as a hotel before being converted into apartments.[9]

Sports and leisure

Encaustic tile depicting a Knight Templar

It has a cricket club,[10] a Pub (Blue Boar) and a Bus stop. Situated on New Road is Graftons village hall serving both Temple Grafton & Ardens Grafton. It is a large hall which seats 120 people in rows or 100 at tables, or 60 if the stage is in place. The reception porch has access for the disabled. [11]

Geography

The land rises to an altitude of over 300 ft. in the northern part of the parish and slopes down to about 180 ft. by the river-bank at Hillborough, 2 miles to the south. The village, with the church, stands on the edge of the hill, commanding views across the valley to Bredon Hill and the Cotswolds.[4]

Education

Located on Church Bank is Temple Grafton

Primary School having 102 pupils on its roll. The nearest secondary schools are located in Alcester 4 miles (6.4 km) or Stratford-upon-Avon
6 miles (9.7 km).

School Compulsory education stage School website
Ofsted
details
Temple Grafton Church of England Primary School Primary Temple Grafton Church of England School Ofsted details for unique reference number 125647

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Old Warwickshire Churches, W Hobart Bird 1936
  3. ^ a b William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656
  4. ^ a b c d e 'Parishes: Temple Grafton', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 94–100.Date accessed: 11 February 2011.
  5. ISBN 0-85033-141-2
  6. ^ Highways and Byways in Shakspeares Country, Hutton 1914
  7. ^ "Your Councillors". 25 November 2021.
  8. ISBN 0-14-071031-0
  9. ^ "Temple Grafton; Grafton Court". Our Warwickshire.
  10. ^ Temple Grafton CC
  11. ^ Graftons Village Hall Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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