Pillerton Hersey

Pillerton Hersey

St Mary the Virgin parish church
Pillerton Hersey
Pillerton Hersey shown within Warwickshire
Population 170 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP2948
Civil parish
  • Pillerton Hersey
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stratford-upon-Avon
Postcode district CV35
Dialling code 01789
Police Warwickshire
Fire Warwickshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
Website Pillerton Hersey Parish Council

Pillerton Hersey is a village and civil parish about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. The village is on a stream that flows northwest to join the River Dene. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 170.[1]

Parish church

The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin are mid-13th century. They include the Early English chancel, which Pevsner and Wedgwood praised as "uncommonly fine" and having a priest's doorway "of a design which may well be unique". The chancel has also a double piscina[2] and a double aumbry.[3]

In about 1400 a south aisle with a two-bay arcade was added to the nave. The nave roof and west tower are Perpendicular Gothic,[3] and the tower was altered and increased in height in the 15th century.[4] The chancel has a 17th-century hammerbeam roof. In the 19th century the south aisle was rebuilt, and in 1845 a north aisle with a three-bay arcade was added.[3] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[5]

The tower has three bells. The tenor was cast in 1602 by a member of the Newcombe family, who were bellfounders in Leicester. Henry I Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire cast the treble in 1668 and the second bell in 1672. For technical reasons the bells are currently unringable.[6]

St Mary's serves both Pillerton Hersey and nearby Pillerton Priors, whose own church burnt down in 1672.[7] St Mary's parish is part of the Stourdene Benefice, which includes also the parishes of Alderminster, Butlers Marston, Ettington, Halford and Newbold on Stour.[8]

Amenities

Apart from the parish church, a British Telecom telephone kiosk is the only other public amenity in the village.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Pillerton Hersey (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Pevsner & Sherwood 1966, p. 371.
  3. 1 2 3 Pevsner & Sherwood 1966, p. 372.
  4. ↑ Salzman 1949, pp. 133–136.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin  (Grade II*) (1364769)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Chester, Mike (12 May 2011). "Pillerton Hersey S Mary". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Salzman 1949, p. 137.
  8. ↑ Archbishops' Council (2015). "Benefice of the Stourdene Group". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

Sources

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 371–372.
  • Salzman, L.F, ed. (1949). A History of the County of Warwick. Victoria County History. 5: Kington Hundred. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research. pp. 133–136.
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