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'''Lordship''' is a small, waterfront neighborhood in [[Stratford, Connecticut|Stratford]], [[Connecticut]]. The neighborhood sits on a peninsula extending into [[Long Island Sound]] and is seperated from the rest of Stratford by [[Sikorsky Memorial Airport]] to the north. Only two roads connect Lordship to the rest of the town, and the neighborhood is known for its independent identity. |
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|image_caption=[[Stratford Point Light|Stratford Point Lighthouse]] in 2016 |
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'''Lordship''' is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's [[Gold Coast (Connecticut)|Gold Coast]] in [[Stratford, Connecticut|Stratford]], [[Connecticut]], United States. It was listed as a [[census-designated place]] prior to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite gnis|2805067|Lordship Census Designated Place}}</ref> Lordship was an island bounded by salt marshes to the north and Long Island Sound to the south, The neighborhood currently extends, by man made fill, as a peninsula on [[Long Island Sound]] and is bounded from the rest of Stratford by [[Sikorsky Memorial Airport]] to the north and Short Beach to the north east. Lordship is accessible by only two roads, both parts of [[Connecticut Route 113|Route 113]]. |
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Lordship is home to the [[Stratford Point Light]]. |
Lordship is home to the [[Stratford Point Light]]. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The first inhabitants of Lordship were the [[Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation|Paugussetts]] who had a large village at |
The first inhabitants of Lordship were the [[Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation|Paugussetts]] who had a large village at Frash Pond and smaller encampments at Stratford Point and at Indian Well (areas in Lordship). Indian Well was a fresh water pond where the old trolley line crossed Duck Neck Creek just north of the rotary near the firehouse. When the first settlers arrived in 1639, they found that Indians were using this area to plant corn, so there was little clearing necessary. Lordship, originally called Great Neck, was a “Common Field” worked and owned by settlers who returned home to the safety of the palisade fort at Academy Hill at night. Richard Mills was the first to build a farmhouse in Great Neck in the western end near present-day Second Avenue. He sold his estate to [[Joseph Hawley (Captain)]] in 1650 and moved. It is in connection with his name that the term ''Lordship'' is first found, as applied to a meadow on what is still known as the Lordship farm. It is said in deeds of land - 1650 to 1660 – several times, ''Mill’s Lordship'' and the ''Lordship Meadow''. Richard Beach came to Stratford with a family and in 1662, he purchased one of five acres ''on west point of the Neck'', butted south upon the meadow called ''Mill’s Lordship''.<ref name="halverson">{{cite web|url=http://www.lordshiphistory.com/|title=The History of Lordship!|author=Tom Halverson|accessdate=2008-05-18}}</ref> |
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[[Gustave Whitehead]] is reported to have used the windswept sandy areas of Lordship during some of his early powered flight trials in the early 1900s.<ref name="aviation">{{cite web |
[[Gustave Whitehead]] is reported to have used the windswept sandy areas of Lordship during some of his early powered flight trials in the early 1900s.<ref name="aviation">{{cite web |
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 22 April 2024
Lordship, Connecticut | |
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 Stratford Point Lighthouse in 2016 | |
 Map of Greater Bridgeport showing Lordship | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Connecticut |
| County | Fairfield |
| Town | Stratford |
| Time zone | UTC-5:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4:00 (Eastern) |
| Area code(s) | 203 |
Lordship is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census.[1] Lordship was an island bounded by salt marshes to the north and Long Island Sound to the south, The neighborhood currently extends, by man made fill, as a peninsula on Long Island Sound and is bounded from the rest of Stratford by Sikorsky Memorial Airport to the north and Short Beach to the north east. Lordship is accessible by only two roads, both parts of Route 113.
Lordship is home to the Stratford Point Light.
History
[edit]The first inhabitants of Lordship were the Paugussetts who had a large village at Frash Pond and smaller encampments at Stratford Point and at Indian Well (areas in Lordship). Indian Well was a fresh water pond where the old trolley line crossed Duck Neck Creek just north of the rotary near the firehouse. When the first settlers arrived in 1639, they found that Indians were using this area to plant corn, so there was little clearing necessary. Lordship, originally called Great Neck, was a “Common Field” worked and owned by settlers who returned home to the safety of the palisade fort at Academy Hill at night. Richard Mills was the first to build a farmhouse in Great Neck in the western end near present-day Second Avenue. He sold his estate to Joseph Hawley (Captain) in 1650 and moved. It is in connection with his name that the term Lordship is first found, as applied to a meadow on what is still known as the Lordship farm. It is said in deeds of land - 1650 to 1660 – several times, Mill’s Lordship and the Lordship Meadow. Richard Beach came to Stratford with a family and in 1662, he purchased one of five acres on west point of the Neck, butted south upon the meadow called Mill’s Lordship.[2]
Gustave Whitehead is reported to have used the windswept sandy areas of Lordship during some of his early powered flight trials in the early 1900s.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lordship Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Tom Halverson. "The History of Lordship!". Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "The History of Lordship: Lordship Aviation". Retrieved May 18, 2008.
External links
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