Ettington lies between the junction of the A422 and the A429 to the West and the junction of the A422 with the 'Fosse Way' to the East. The village is believed to have been a Saxon settlement as well as a Roman encampment. The Shirley Family were recorded as Lords of the Manor in the Domesday Book. There were Quaker Meetings in 1664 and the Meeting House, built in 1684, still remains. The mention of a Parish Priest in the Domesday Book indicates that the Holy Trinity Church existed at that time and it was restored in 1825.

Dr William Croft, composer of sacred music and later the organist at Westminster Abbey was born in Ettington in 1677.

Ettington was formerly known as 'Eatington' and this name is still used in some maps, notably Microsoft Auto Route.

The village now has a thriving school, church and a new Community Centre, which replaces the old village hall.

You will find village news on our Newspage and notices of events in and around the village on our Noticeboard to which you can navigate by clicking the word here or using the "quicklinks" navigation.

A few Statistics

Source: neighbourhood statistics - National Statistics
UK Government Figures from 1998.

The village has seen considerable growth in housing since 1998 and new population figures will probably show an increase to almost 2000.

We hope you enjoy looking around our village site and look forward to hearing from you with your suggestions for articles for inclusion, improvements you feel might help, or general information about our village.

After over five years the old village website was beginning to show signs of age and therefore has undergone a facelift and been remodelled.  More has been added over time with many enquiries being directed through the site from those with connections with the village to those from overseas seeking information about the area and those moving into the area looking for local trades people, school and pre school information.

Thanks again to those whose contributions have made the site possible.

It appears that by the wonder, if that is the right expression, of modern science people can still find pages from the old website even though it has not been published for a few years.  This is a quirk of the internet where pages have been cached (saved) by the various search engines and still exist somewhere in the cyber-space.  If the pages are blue and look very dated then they are the old site and should be ignored.