"See also: Battle of Stratton 1643Stratton (Cornish: Strasnedh) is a small town situated near the coastal resort of Bude in north Cornwall, England, UK. It was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall - see \"Hundreds of Cornwall\". A battle of the English civil war took place here on 16 May 1643.A local saying at Stratton is \"Stratton was a market town when Bude was just a furzy down\", meaning Stratton was long established when Bude was just gorse-covered downland."@en . . "St Andrew's Church, Stratton"@en . .