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History :
History Studley
The village is old enough to have been recorded as existing in the
Domesday Book of 1086. It is the site of both a castle and the remains
of a medieval priory. The Augustinian priory was founded in the 12th
century by Peter Corbizun[1] but was closed at the dissolution under
Henry VIII and was used as a source of stone for other local buildings.
Nothing remains today apart from the use of the name priory in a few
local building names such as Priory Farm, which now much modernized,
embodies a few fragmentary portions of a conventual building. A gabled
west wall of stone rubble contains the remains of a large 14th-century
window. A few medieval sculptured fragments are built on to the
walls.[2]
Studley is also known for being the site of a sewing needle and
surgical needle making industry.[citation needed] This specialisation
started when Elizabeth I permitted a number of Huguenot refugees to
settle here, bringing this rare craft with them. Their expertise
enabled English needle manufacture to catch up with French methods and
Studley was a leading area in this advance, gaining a European and even
worldwide reputation.[citation needed] From the 19th century precision
made surgical needles were in demand and with advances in manufacturing
technology such was the demand that over 3,000 workers were employed.
In 1977 the old factory where needles were made was burnt down, and the
production of "Aero" needles moved to a nearby site. The original
factory site now contains a supermarket, other retail outlets, and
housing. One of the streets in the village is named "Crooks Lane",
ostensibly because the crooked needles from the original factory were
dumped at the end of this lane, but the road was there before the
village had a needle factory. Loft studley Cost
Studley is often noted as having many pubs (17 within one square mile,
plus numerous restaurants which also serve alcohol) and it has been
suggested that the village has the second-highest number of pubs per
head of population[citation needed] (second only to Blackpool).
The original village was along the banks of the River Arrow, where the
parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary still remains;
it features a north wall and window dating back to Norman times, fine
surviving examples of opus spicatum or herringbone masonry, a medieval
rood screen, Elizabethan era table and dug out chest, Jacobean era
pulpit and brasses and other points of interest. Over the years the
village expanded and moved up the hill to the site of the Roman road
which by 1721 was also the main turnpike road[citation needed] between
Stratford and Birmingham and therefore offering more opportunities for
trade from the Mail coach and other passing trade.