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HAS STRATTON ALWAYS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN BUDE? |
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HAS STRATTON ALWAYS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN BUDE?
It was once said that Stratton was more important than Bude. When I say important, I mean that the place in general needs to have these 7 factors: a social centre, a religion centre, a work centre, a population centre, a local government, a trade and industry centre and of course; a law and justice centre. Stratton had all of these, such as: the public houses, the churches, the shops, the local and regular fairs, the use of the church houses, the leather and garlic industry and the clink door. All of these factors were found in the history of Stratton. When I say always, I mean I write only on the basis that I can see or find out the evidence, such as written evidence and physical evidence.
Stratton is believed by many to have been a place of some note in Roman times. The name Stratton signifies a thoroughfare town of Roman times; the Anglo – Saxons, gave the name to such towns. Others believe that Stratton took its name from the river Strat that runs through it. In this example, Stratton could be taken could be taken to mean town (“ton”) or settlement, on the river (“Strat”). However, Henderson and Coates found that the true name of the river was Neat. The name Stratton seems to have been first used in the Domesday Survey 1086, and was probably adopted due to the original name, Stratneat; “neat” refers to the river and “strat” from “Strata”, meaning a paved route. This means that for Stratton to exist in Roman times, it was an important settlement. At this point, Bude didn’t exist.
Stratton became quite famous for it’s garlic, it grows wild there, and it was sold in fairs and markets. It was an important feature of medicine and the diet. Garlic was such a large industry, that a street was devoted only in the manufacturers. It was named “Spicers Lane”. In Pigot’s Directory, 1844, it displays 11 grocers, a main source for garlic to be purchased, 2 of these grocers were in Bude, then 10 grocers (one of the grocers w...Read entire document
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