STRATTON, a parish in the hundred of CROWTHORNE-and-MINETY,
county of GLOUCESTER, 1 mile
(N. W.) from Cirencester, containing 271 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £ 12. 7- 6.,
and in the patronage of Mrs. Masters. The church, dedicated
to St. Peter, is a small ancient structure with a
steeple rising from between the nave and the chancel.
The ancient Ermin-street passes through the parish,
and by a bush, called Crowthorne, which gives name
to the hundred.