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Luddington, All Saints

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Registers of baptism, marriage, and burial, 1872-1993 Records of church management, 1868-1908 Miscellaneous, [1895-1906]

Related material

Ordnance Survey (1": Sheet LIV, SE) coloured to show the boundaries of the parish and borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, together with the chapelries of Luddington and Bishopton, c.1875 (BRR/71/18);

Proceeding in the Court of Kings Bench in a dispute between Luddington and Stratford concerning the tithes of Luddington, Trinity 1641 (BRT/4/1/1/129);

Extract relating to Stratford-on-Avon taken from the report of the Commissioners made of goods belonging to colleges, chantries, chapels and guilds, 1 Edward VI. Curious notices of the Guild Chapel and of the Chapels at Bishopton and Luddington, 1547 (BRU/15/9/3);

Notes on the Lords of the Manor of Luddington, after 1656, Value of the bell etc., and the fabric of Luddington Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon, abstracts of deeds relating to Luddington (DR41/21);

Illuminated historical note by Richard Savage, compiled in August 1885, on Luddington Old Chapel, 1885 (DR328/5);

Luddington Chapel `from a sketch by Sir W. Dugdale', [1800-1830] (ER1/69/23);

Sketches in pencil and watercolours by R.B. Wheler, c. 1801 (ER1/109/1);

Collection of presentments and other documents of churchwardens of Stratford-upon-Avon and of the Chapelries of Bishopton and Luddington; 20 April 1581 - 30 June 1628, with some undated (ER1/115);

Extracts from 'Notitia Diocese' with entries relating to Stratford and its chapelries (Bishopton and Luddington), c. 1700 (PR173/4);

Lantern slide of Stratford-upon-Avon, Luddington, sketch of Luddington Chapel by Edward Hull from Sidney Lee, Stratford-on-Avon, 1885 (SC41/24);

Composite view: Stratford churches (Guild Chapel, St. Andrews Shottery, All Saints Luddington, Holy Trinity, St. James) (WAS), c. 1910 (SC42/2)

An old iron key from Luddington Church (SBT 2000-25)

'All Saints Church, Luddington' by Mairi Macdonald, [1984] (87.2 Luddington Reading Room Pamphlet);

'John Cotton : the life of a Midlands architect, 1844-1934' by Jennie McGregor-Smith, 2002 (93.2 Cot);
'John Cotton of Bromsgrove : architect of Luddington church' by Jennie McGregor-Smith, [1997] (93.2 Cotton Reading Room Pamphlet);

'Rev. Dr J.D. Collis of Bromsgrove and Stratford-upon-Avon : vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1867-1879' by Jennie McGregor-Smith, [1997] (93.2 Collis Reading Room Pamphlet);

Bishops Bible, (98/HOL)

Admin History

Services began in Luddington in the middle 15th century under a priest appointed by the Warden of the College. After the Reformation, the priest was appointed by the vicar of Stratford until the mid 17th century. The loss of the full time preacher, Thomas Francis in 1648, forced many of the villagers to attend services elsewhere. In 1664, Luddington attained status as a separate civil parish from Stratford and became responsible for the maintenance of the poor. So great were the number of villagers attending services over the river in Weston-on-Avon, that they established a ferry service. Due to the villagers attending services in neighbouring villages, the chapel in Luddington became neglected and fell into a state of disrepair- it was last used by the Reverend Edward Kenwick in the mid 1700s. The old chapel was destroyed, possibly caused by a deliberate fire by the end of the 18th century. After which, villagers were allotted pews in the south aisle of Holy Trinity Church. The discovery of 'bones, nails and piecese of old coffins' prove that the church possessed the right of burial for some time. By the 19th century, villagers began to plan for a new church for Luddington. The foundation stone was laid by the Marchioness of Hertford on 30 May 1871 and was consecrated a year later on 8th May. The new church, All Saints was built on the land of the Marquis of Hertford through the multiple donations by John Baldwin, a local farmer, and the Pickering family. All Saints was designed by John Cotton of Birmingham in a gothic style made up of blue lias limestone and Corsham down stone. The current font at the church was donated by the Marchioness of Hertford, and it also houses the original font from the old church. The 1591 Bishop's bible saved from the old church fire was presented to the new church upon consecration. The bible passed through the hands of local families before being returned by John Baldwin. The key to the church and bible have been deposited at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. All Saints Luddington continues to provide services for around 20 to 30 people and is part of the benefice of Holy Trinity along with St Helen's in Clifford Chambers