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|county=Worcester<br />
|latitude=52.052949<br />
|longitude=-2.144583<br />
|population=314<br />
|census year=2001<br />
|picture=Strensham Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1007415.jpg<br />
|picture caption=Strensham Village Hall<br />
|LG district=Wychavon<br />
|postcode=WR8<br />
|post town=Worcester<br />
|dialling code=01684<br />
|os grid ref=SO903393<br />
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'''Strensham''' is a village and parish in the [[Pershore Hundred]] of [[Worcestershire]]. In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Strensham had a population of 314 across 127 households. Since 1991, the population has risen 28.7% from 244 residents.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Strensham Church - geograph.org.uk - 4288.jpg|thumb|250px|St John the Baptist's Church]]<br />
The Church of St John the Baptist lies in Lower Strensham atop a hill overlooking the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], constructed in the 14th century.<ref>{{Citation |url= https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1273274&resourceID=5|title= Church of St John the Baptist, Strensham|publisher= Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England)|year=2006|work=Heritage Gateway website | accessdate= 30 October 2010}}</ref><br />
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Strensham was once part of the Royal forest of [[Horewell Forest|Horewell]]. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War.<ref>* 'Parishes: Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4, ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp.&nbsp;163–177 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp163-177 [accessed 30 August 2015]</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
The eastern edge of the parish lies on the banks of the River Avon, while the [[River Severn]] is two miles to the west. Both rivers converge four miles to the south in the [[Gloucestershire]] town of [[Tewkesbury]].<br />
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Nearby villages include [[Twyning]], [[Bredon]], [[Eckington, Worcestershire|Eckington]] and [[Ripple, Worcestershire|Ripple]]. The town of [[Upton-upon-Severn]] lies three miles to the north west.<br />
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==Strensham services==<br />
The village gives its name to a motorway service area located just to the North of the village on the [[M5 motorway]] which opened with the motorway in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/chron.htm |title=MSA Chronology |publisher=Msatrivia.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402030150/http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/chron.htm |archive-date=2009-04-02 |df= }}</ref> The Midlands Air Ambulance service has been operating one of its helicopters from the services site since 1991 following a deal with the then operator, Take a Break.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ambulance lands a new base - on the M5|publisher=Birmingham Evening Mail|date=6 May 1998}}</ref><br />
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==Strensham Court==<br />
Strensham Court was an early 19th-century country house in a landscaped park. It was built of ashlar in two storeys to a rectangular plan. A substantial portico was added later with large Ionic pillars.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-445367-strensham-court-strensham-worcestershire|title= Strensham Court, Strensham|publisher= British Listed Buildings|accessdate = 18 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The manor of Strensham belonged historically to the Russell family. The Strensham estate was purchased in 1817 from descendants of the Russell family by John Taylor, grandson of John Taylor, the wealthy Birmingham industrialist. He had a new building constructed in 1824 to replace an earlier house on the site.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/3163?preview=1|title= Strensham Court, England Record Id: 3163|publisher= Parks and Gardens|accessdate = 18 September 2013}}</ref> Taylor was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1817 and died unmarried in 1848. The property passed to his brother James who died soon after, then to James's son James Arthur (MP, died 1889) and to the latter's son Arthur James.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42880|title= A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4|publisher= British History Online|accessdate = 18 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The house was vacated in 1935 and demolished after a fire in 1974.<br />
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==Notable residents==<br />
* Samuel Butler, a poet, was baptized in the village in February 1613. He was buried in St Paul's, Covent Garden and a memorial later placed in [[Westminster Abbey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Strensham.html |title=Strensham |publisher=Worcesterbmsgh.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref><br />
* Treadway Russell Nash, Rector in 1792, partly responsible for re-popularising Butler<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*[http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=135&partner=wdc Strensham Parish Council]</div>Owain