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33-483: Edward Stratford was the last member of the historic Stratford family to own the piece of land which had been recorded as part of Stroud since 1307. He sold it to a Stroud mercer called Nathaniel Gardner in 1653 after the civil war, and the house still has a stone with the initials C.G.1674 for his son Giles Gardner. Joseph Watts, a Stroud brewer who died in 1855, owned the house from 1819. However, his grandson Joseph Watts Hallewell J.P., D.L., M.A., focused his interests of

66-401: A bowls pitch. There are also squash courts and badminton courts. Social events are also held at the leisure centre. The traditional park includes a Victorian bandstand which hosts band concerts during the summer, and there is plenty of space for dog walking and other leisure activities. There is a lake which is often used for angling competitions. It contains many fish and ducks and swans. There

99-602: A branch of the Stratford family, the name having been corrupted at some point prior to the sixteenth century. The Type B Stratford Coat of Arms was first recorded by the Heralds Visitations to Gloucester of 1543, and since has been consistently based around a lion rampant, gules, on a barruly of ten, Argent and Azure. It is associated with the Gloucester, Merevale and Irish branches. Variations have included

132-605: A line in Ireland. Robert settled at Baltinglass Castle, and his grandson entered the peerage as Earls of Aldborough , of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond. The title was created on 9 February 1777, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Amiens , for John Stratford, 1st Viscount Aldborough . He had already been created Baron Baltinglass , of Baltinglass, in the County of Wicklow, on 21 May 1763, and Viscount Aldborough , of

165-402: A member of parliament for Gloucestershire, and his son was raised to the knighthood as Sir Stephen Stratford. Sir Stephen married Elizabeth Monthault, descendant of Eustace de Montaut , and all later cadet branches stem from this union. Following the dissolution of Hailes Abbey in 1539 this branch took Farmcote Manor House as their seat. This line were cousins to Robert Dover , and involved in

198-673: A nephew of John de Stratford and friend of William of Wykeham, moved to the Wessex area as part of his uncle's familia when he became Bishop of Winchester. Acquiring land in the New Forest, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire, Andrew married a certain Christine and founded a cadet branch of Stratfords, descendants of which remain in Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Berkshire to this day. The Manor of Merevale in north Warwickshire (including

231-457: A son also named William Stratford Dugdale who had a son named William Francis Stratford Dugdale, who came to be the 1st Baronet. The Merevale estate has descended to the present incumbent, his grandson Sir William Matthew Stratford Dugdale, 3rd Bt of the Dugdale baronets thus: Edward Stratford of Merevale Hall settled the sum of £500 on his younger brother Robert Stratford to establish

264-782: Is a 6-inch (150 mm) scale model railway track skirting the lake. The park also features Museum in the Park , a museum of local history and culture which opened in 2001. The museum is the successor to the Cowle Museum, which opened in 1930, which became the Stroud District (Cowle) Museum in 1983. Admission is free. Schools frequently use some of the activities and resources it has to offer. 51°45′06″N 2°13′34″W  /  51.7518°N 2.2261°W  / 51.7518; -2.2261 Stratford (family) The House of Stratford ( / s t r æ t f ər d / )

297-979: Is a British aristocratic family, originating in Stratford-on-Avon between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The family has produced multiple titles, including Earl of Aldborough , Viscount Amiens , Baron Baltinglass , Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe and the Dugdale Baronets . The Viscount Powerscourt and Baron Wrottesley both claim descent from this House. Historic seats have included Farmcote Manor and Stratford Park in Gloucester , Merevale Hall in Warwickshire , Baltinglass Castle, Belan and Aldborough House in Ireland , and Stratford House in London, amongst many others. The house

330-481: Is apparently intended to represent a banqueting table, with the trestles gathered around. The Roundel type is associated solely with the medieval Bishops, and appears to be an archaic, simplified or corrupted version of the Trestle type. The design is consistently based around a fess, surrounded by three roundels. Variants include colour of fess, field and rondel. A single example of a variant Roundel type surviving

363-416: Is consistently based around gules, a fess humette, surrounded by three trestles argent (sometimes or). Variants include colour of fess and trestles, and number of trestles. In heraldry the trestle (also tressle, tressel and threstle ) as a charge is extremely rare, and known for symbolising hospitality (as historically the trestle was a tripod used both as a stool and a table support). The fess humette

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396-636: Is from this maternal Stratford lineage that the current Viscount Powerscourt descends. The Stratford descendant Viscounts Powerscourt are as follows: When Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough (Amelia's brother) died in 1801 he bequeathed the bulk of his estate to Amelia's grandson (his nephew, too junior to inherit the Powerscourt Viscountcy) on the proviso that he took back the Stratford name, thus becoming John Wingfield-Stratford in 1802. This line inherited Stratford House in London, and Amelia lived there until her death in 1831. It

429-526: Is in the later Irish recording of a shield in the name of Stratford: argent, a fess between three hawks heads erased, gules. The arms of the Streatfield (or Streatfeild) family , recorded in the sixteenth century, bear a striking resemblance to an attributed form of Stratford arms. This could be seen as evidence that the Streatfields, though their line cannot be traced beyond the 1500s, are in fact

462-523: The "Trestle" and "Roundel" subtypes. The Type A (or "trinity") Stratford Coat of Arms is the oldest of the two, first associated with John de Stratford and his familia in the early 1300s. It can be divided into two broad subtypes; Trestle , and Roundel . The Trestle type is most closely associated with the original Warwickshire Bishops, the Hampshire Stratfords descended from Andrew Stratford , and with Nicholas Stratford . The design

495-524: The 1200s. His children and nephews rose to positions of significant power and influence in the political and religious landscape of England in the fourteenth century, and originated all other branches of the family. The children and nephews of Robert de Stratford include: A cadet branch of Stratfords, founded by Stephen de Stratford , were granted Lordship of the Manors of Farmcote, Hawling and Temple Guiting in 1314. His son, John Stratford, in 1320 became

528-577: The Palatinate of Upper Ormond, on 22 July 1776. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. Three of his sons, the second, third and fourth Earls, all succeeded in the titles. They became extinct on the death of the latter's grandson, the sixth Earl, in 1875. Their seats were Belan House, Aldborough House, Baltinglass Castle and Stratford House . and went on to sire the Earls of Aldborough . Notable Stratfords of Baltinglass include: Abigail Stratford

561-403: The addition of a crescent to denote a younger son, a change in the barruly number, change in langue colour, and in lion colour. The Earls of Aldborough took supporters of human figures, a winged woman and armoured man, representing Fame and War. Officially: Dexter a Female figure, representing Fame, vested Ar, winged Or, in her right hand a trumpet gold, and in her left hand an olive branch vert,

594-600: The affected stretch of road had been halved. The trees remain to this day. Sunday 1 June 1975 the Leisure Centre building was opened within the grounds of the park to provide a whole new range of leisure provisions for the people of Stroud. The leisure centre offers plenty of facilities including a gym, 25 metre indoor swimming pool with viewing area, outdoor pool (with rare 10m cast-in-situ curved concrete 3-level diving board), trampolining, two sports halls, outdoor astroturf all-weather pitch, hard court tennis courts, and

627-461: The arms of Luxembourg and of Lusignan are unknown, if indeed any exists at all. Both bear (with some variation in number) a barruly of ten Argent and Azure, and both have a lion rampant gules - though often on these royal arms it is granted a crown (or), and the lion of Luxembourg bears a forked tail as difference. The similarity is too close to be dismissed satisfactorily as independent coincidence, and historians have generated various theories as to

660-525: The connection between the houses and the arms, none conclusive. Farmcote Farmcote is a hamlet in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire , England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town of Winchcombe and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Temple Guiting . Farmcote is a small place, a few houses along a dead end lane, but has a long history. Beckbury Camp, half a mile north of

693-604: The establishment of the Cotswold Olimpick Games in 1612. The Farmcote and Hawling estates were sold in 1756, by sons of Walter Stratford, though part of Farmcote Manor still stands, and Stratford tombs, arms and effigies can be found in the estate chapel there. Descendants of the Farmcote Stratfords were still recorded living in the area during the time from 1841 to 1900 census. [6] Notable members of this line include: Andrew de Stratford,

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726-408: The extensive grounds, and changed the estate's name from Stratford House to Stratford Park - hosting the 1870 Gloucestershire Agricultural Show. The first Stroud Flower Show appears to have taken place the following year on Thursday 17 August 1871 and appears to have continued on an annual basis with the last being on 19 August 1875 Joseph Watts Hallewell died at Stratford Park on 24 February 1891 and

759-598: The hamlet, is an Iron Age univallate hillfort . St Faith's chapel in the hamlet dates back to Saxon times. Farmcote was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Fernecote . The toponym is derived from the Old English fearn "fern" and cot "cottage", and so means "fern cottage(s)". In the Middle Ages Hailes Abbey held land here, and built Farmcote Grange ,

792-407: The original Merevale Hall and estate) was purchased in the mid-seventeenth century by Edward Stratford (died 1665), 9x great grandson of Sir Stephen de Stratford of Farmcote. In 1749 the property was inherited by Penelope Bate Stratford (the daughter and co-heiress of Francis Stratford of Merevale) who married into the (now) Dugdale baronets , who still possess the estate. In 1749 Merevale Hall

825-521: The people of Stroud could access and enjoy the parkland permanently. In 1936 the outdoor swimming pool and the Stratford Park bowling green, were opened, both of which are still in use today. More recently the park received national attention in August 1989 when Stroud District Council arranged for security workers and tree-fellers to attend at midnight to remove thirteen trees they felt stood in

858-436: The remains of which are still visible. In 1314 Stephen de Stratford was granted lordship of Farmcote Manor, and his Stratford family descendants held the manor until the estate was sold in 1756. Following the dissolution of Hailes Abbey in 1539 the Farmcote Stratfords occupied Great Farmcote Manor House. The manor house, still bearing the arms of the Stratford family, is now a Grade II listed building . Farmcote became

891-469: The sword belt Gules. Sinister, a man in complete armour Proper, garnished Or, spurs, sword, shield and spear of the last, sword belt Gules, holding in his right hand the spear, and upon his left arm the shield. They also adopted the motto "Virtuti Nihil Obstat Et Armis" (Nothing Resists Valour and Arms) . The Stratford Type B Coat of Arms is remarkably similar to two other prominent Coats of Arms, an extremely unorthodox occurrence. The exact relationship to

924-530: The way of a road-widening scheme. However local people got wind of the 'secret' operation and were there to protect the trees first. After a stand-off that lasted till dawn the police called off the operation on grounds of public safety. The following year the first 'traffic calming' scheme in Gloucestershire was introduced without the need to harm any of the trees. In the following three years Gloucestershire County Council figures showed accident rates on

957-612: Was at its most powerful in the fourteenth, sixteenth, and eighteenth centuries. Though an 18th-century pedigree names the founder of the house as one Edvardus Stratford from an "illustrious Anglo-Saxon family" in the 9th century, and some researchers theorise the house descends from a cadet branch of the Norman House of Tosny which came to England with William the Conqueror , indisputable descent begins with Robert de Stratford , an original burgess of Stratford-on-Avon in

990-511: Was buried at Pitchcombe The Park was sold by the executors to George Holloway MP by an auction conducted by Bruton Knowles at £10,800. George Holloway died the following year and it appears that the house was then occupied by his brother-in-law John Cotterel Strudwick Following the death of then owner G.F. Ormerod in June 1935, his executors, following his wishes and sold the 56 acres (230,000 m) to Stroud Urban District Council to ensure that

1023-430: Was inherited by Edward's eventual descendant Penelope Bate Stratford (the daughter and co-heiress of Francis Stratford of Merevale) who married William Geast. William Geast took the surname of his Uncle, John Dugdale, and their child was Dugdale Stratford Dugdale who married the honourable Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon of the (now) Earls Howe . Their son William Stratford Dugdale had

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1056-462: Was sold in 1832. Notable Wingfield-Stratfords include: Esmé Cecil's daughter (Roshnara) married Richard John Wrottesley, 5th Baron Wrottesley , and though they later divorced it was through issue of their marriage that the Barony descended: There are two main variant coats of arms associated with the Stratford family, Type A (or "trinity") and Type B (or "lion"). Type A can be further divided into

1089-609: Was the daughter of Robert Stratford , progenitor of the Irish Stratfords. In 1697 she married George Canning, and in 1703 they had a son, named Stratford Canning. He had a son sometime after 1734, also named Stratford Canning, who had a son in 1786, also named Stratford Canning, who was created 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe on 24 April 1852. Lady Amelia Stratford was the daughter of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough . On 7 September 1760 she married Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt , and took his name; it

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