Compton Wynyates or Compton Wyniates is an ancient parish and

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, England. It includes the house and grounds of

Compton Wynyates Compton Wynyates is a Tudor architecture, Tudor English country house, country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellate ...

, and extends to the north-east and south-west of the house, with a size of roughly . The parish has an area of . Compton Wynyates was also a village; the earthworks of the village partly survive. It does not have a parish council but has a parish meeting. Population figures for the 2011 census are not available for this parish. Population figures from 1801 to 1961 ranged between 15 and 48, with a figure of 23 in 1961. The civil parish was within

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Rural District from 1894 to 1931 and within

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from 1931 to 1974.

History

The name "Compton" means valley farm/settlement', and the "Wyniates" part means 'windy pass'.

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* Civil parishes in Warwickshire Stratford-on-Avon District {{Warwickshire-geo-stub