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Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
Heads Up on a Council Tax rebate scam
A local resident has received several unsolicited phone calls in the past few weeks from someone who has been trying to obtain his credit...
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Jul 27, 2023
History Group looks back to Stratford sub Castle in 1649
In the mid 17thC Parliament set about selling off Crown and Church Lands. To do so they drew up surveys detailing buildings and lands....
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Jul 17, 2023
Garden Club's AGM & Social and the New Programme
The Club’s AGM and social evening was held on the 29th June and was well attended, with everyone contributing to making it a very...
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Jul 10, 2023
July's Summer Café raised £280 for Childrens Chance
Once again, the weather was kind to us and, although the café was quieter than usual, we still had a good turnout. Jane Miller from...
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Jul 3, 2023
Have you seen these two new signs in Stratford?
Do you know where they are and what they communicate? The Sarsen Way image is a waymarker recently attached to the Rights of Way signpost...
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Jul 3, 2023
Summer Café Sunday 2 July
A reminder that there will be a Summer Café on Sunday 2 July at the Reading Room from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Beverages and cakes, kitchen...
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Jun 29, 2023
Change to Last Collection from Stratford postbox
Royal Mail has placed a notice on the postbox outside Old Sarum View, Stratford Road, advising that effective from 10 July, 'the final...
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Jun 27, 2023
Five swallow chicks on a roof
A short video of the 5 chicks from stable one at Parsonage Farm, exploring the world outside their nest-site with an adult alongside....
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Jun 27, 2023
Swallows at Parsonage Farm
Janet Brownlie has provided an update on the Parsonage Farm Swallows. She writes: "Really good news on this front. We have three nests...
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Jun 23, 2023
Garden Club report of May meeting and 'Adieu' from Dorothy
This is my last report from the Garden Club as I am signing off after eight years. When I became Chairman in Sept 2015 I started writing...
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Jun 14, 2023
Revd Sarah to become Chaplain to Bishop of Salisbury
This news was updated on 7 September 2023. VIEW THE UPDATE The Revd Sarah Wood-Roe who is the Associate Priest for St Lawrence Church,...
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Jun 13, 2023
Route of Roman Road through Stratford is visible again
This route was the subject of an Old Sarum Landscapes Project survey in 2019. Details here: https://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/oslp-ro...
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Jun 11, 2023
Kerbside collections - recycling changes but still no BLACK plastic **
You will need to follow revised guidance to sort your recycling from now on, in readiness for the next kerbside collection from Stratford...
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May 30, 2023
The chicks have flown from a bird box in Stratford....
Update 25 May The chicks have fledged this morning. The first one to leave the nest box was caught on camera below. The parent bird's...
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May 24, 2023
The Long History of Old Sarum
The website is delighted to include in its History section a reformatted version of 'A Long History Of Old Sarum' with the kind consent...
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May 23, 2023
May Coronation Café - Review & Images
What a great start to our summer season with a fantastic turnout for our May Coronation Café on Sunday 7 May. The children were...
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May 15, 2023
Images of this year's ANZAC Day Service now available
Images taken at this year's ANZAC Day service have been made available by the Australian Department of Defence. View them in a new photo...
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Apr 26, 2023
Local Testing of River Water Quality
On 17 April a member of Salisbury & District Angling Club's 'Water Quality Team' was spotted unloading equipment near Mill Lane as he was...
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Apr 19, 2023
Break in attempt at St Lawrence Church
Update: Glaziers from the Cathedral have now replaced the broken glass panes. Panes of glass in four separate windows were broken...
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Apr 6, 2023
John Walsh to be presented with Maundy money by King Charles
In York Minister on Thursday 6 April, John Walsh, a church warden at St Lawrence Church Stratford sub Castle and a former Mayor of...
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Apr 4, 2023
Old Sarum included in plans for 'Coronation' wild flower meadows
English Heritage has announced plans for 100 wildflower meadows to be established over the next decade to mark the coronation of His...
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Apr 2, 2023
'Coronation' Café - Sunday 7 May
I am pleased to announce that the Sunday Cafés are set to continue again this year, starting on the 7th May with a special café to...
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Mar 28, 2023
Potholes along Stratford Road
A series of potholes along Stratford Road between Stratford Bridge and St Lawrence Church has been reported to Wiltshire Council....
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Mar 28, 2023
Service trees in north Wiltshire have a connection to Old Sarum
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust last week announced the purchase of Great Wood near Grittenham and near the M4, 71 acres of ancient woodland and...
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Mar 17, 2023
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