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Lordship (Stratford, Connecticut)

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Lordship, once an island, is the land at the southern tip of the Town of Stratford, that juts into the Long Island Sound.

The first inhabitants of Lordship were the Paugussetts indians. When the first settlers arrived in 1639, they found that the Indians had used the island to plant corn, so little clearing was necessary. Originally Lordship, called Great Neck, was a common field worked and owned by settlers who returned home to the safety of the palisade fort at night.

Richard Mills was the first to build a farmhouse on the island. He sold his estate to Joseph Hawley in 1650. It is in connection with that sale that the name Lordship is first found. It is applied to a meadow on what was known as the Lordship farm. It is mentioned several times in land deeds of 1650 to 1660 as Mills 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 Mills Lordship. In colonial days, Lordship was a desolate place. There were a few farms and very few trees on the windswept landscape.

Today, Lordship is debatably the most affluent neighborhood in Stratford, containing some of its nicest homes. Lordship has a true community feel that most neighborhoods any place in Stratford or the rest of the state of CT will have a tough time rivaling.
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Coordinates:   41°9'32"N   73°7'10"W

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  • Lordship (guest)
    A small community surrounded by water on three sides. The Housatonic river on the East, the Long Island Sound on the South and Bridgeport Harbor on the West. There are two roads into Lordship passing on either side of Bridgeport airport (Sikorsky memorial). There are 2 restaurants a couple of businesses an elementary school and a firehouse.
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