STRATTON, a market-town and parish in the hundred of STRATTON, county of CORNWALL, 17 miles (N. N. W.) from Launceston, and 223 (W. by S.) from London, containing 1580 inhabitants. This place has acquired considerable note, as having been the scene of the great victory obtained, in the early part of the civil war, by the royalist forces over their opponents; in consideration of the eminent services rendered by Sir Ralph Hopton, on this occasion, he was created Lord Hopton of Stratton, in 1643 j and after his death in 1654, Charles II., then in exile, in 1658, created Sir John Berkley, to whose prowess and courage the victory at Stratton was mainly owing, Baron Berkley of Stratton. The town is situated in a flat country, and the streets are but indifferently paved; the inhabitants are tolerably supplied with water: it is in contemplation to build a market-house and two bridges. The Bude canal passes within a mile of the town, and extends to Draxton bridge, about three miles north of Launceston: upon it are six inclined planes, worked by very powerful machinery, particularly that near Bude. . The market is on Tuesday, and fairs are on May 19th, November 8th, and December llth. A court leet is held annually by the lord of the manor, and a court baron by the lord of the manor of Efford; petty sessions for the hundred are also held on the first Tuesday in every month. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £10. 11. 8., and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Cornwall. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here is a small charitable donation for the education of fifteen boys and ten girls. Some lands, now let for about £115 per annum, are vested in feoffees for the benefit of the. poor of this parish.