Why visit Lordship
Townapedia lists 14 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 2 places to eat and 3 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Stratford Point Light, Pleasure Beach Bridge, Captain David Judson House and Eagle's Nest.
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 83°F; January lows average 24°F, and about 34 inches of snow fall in a normal year.
Weather in Lordship
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About Lordship
Lordship is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lordship had a population of 2,954. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census. 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.
From the Wikipedia article Lordship, Connecticut (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do3
Stratford Point Light
Lighthouse · National Register of Historic Places · 0.6 mi
Lighthouse in Stratford, Connecticut, United States
Pleasure Beach Bridge
Bridge · 2.9 mi
Bridge in United States of America
Museums and landmarks14
Captain David Judson House
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 2.5 mi
Historic house in Connecticut, United States
Eagle's Nest
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 3.0 mi
Building in Connecticut, United States
Ein Jacob (Ayn Yacob) Synagogue
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 3.2 mi
Synagogue in Bridgeport, United States of America
Gateway Village Historic District
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 3.1 mi
Historic district in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Laurel Beach Casino
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 2.4 mi
Historic building in Milford, Connecticut, United States
Milford Point Hotel
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 1.7 mi
Historic building in Milford, Connecticut, United States
Nathaniel Curtis House
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 3.0 mi
Historic house in Connecticut, United States
Sterling Homestead
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 2.8 mi
Historic house at 2225 Main Street in Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford Center Historic District
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 2.4 mi
Historic district in Connecticut, United States
Washington Bridge
Bridge · National Register of Historic Places · 3.3 mi
Bridge in Connecticut, United States
Keeper's Dwelling
Monument and historic site · 0.6 mi
1275 Prospect Drive, Stratford
2 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area
Park · 2.0 mi
Protected area in Connecticut, United States
Restaurants and cafes2
History
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.
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.
From the History section of Lordship, Connecticut on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship8
Schools, colleges and libraries43
Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians
School · 1.0 mi
200 Great Meadow Road, Stratford
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy
School · 4.2 mi
655 Stillman St., Bridgeport
Bullard-Havens Technical High School
School · 4.1 mi
500 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport
Map of Lordship
76 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Climate by month
Monthly table
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 24°F | 3.2 in | 8.5 in |
| Feb | 40°F | 26°F | 3.1 in | 10.7 in |
| Mar | 47°F | 32°F | 4.1 in | 7.0 in |
| Apr | 58°F | 42°F | 4.2 in | 0.9 in |
| May | 68°F | 52°F | 3.6 in | 0.0 in |
| Jun | 78°F | 62°F | 3.8 in | 0.0 in |
| Jul | 83°F | 68°F | 3.3 in | 0.0 in |
| Aug | 82°F | 67°F | 4.0 in | 0.0 in |
| Sep | 75°F | 60°F | 4.0 in | 0.0 in |
| Oct | 64°F | 48°F | 3.8 in | 0.1 in |
| Nov | 54°F | 38°F | 3.1 in | 0.9 in |
| Dec | 44°F | 30°F | 4.0 in | 5.5 in |
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Bridgeport Sikorsky Mem Ap 72504 (1 mi away), NOAA NCEI.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
The county has had 25 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for hurricanes.
- 2024-09-20: Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Severe Storm)
- 2024-08-21: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Severe Storm)
- 2021-10-30: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida (Hurricane)
- 2021-08-22: Hurricane Henri (Hurricane)
- 2021-01-12: Tropical Storm Isaias (Hurricane)
- 2020-08-06: Tropical Storm Isaias (Hurricane)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 1 miles away.
- Stratford Downtown 3 mi north, about 5 min by car
- Bridgeport 5 mi northwest, about 8 min by car
- Milford city (balance) 6 mi northeast, about 9 min by car
- Trumbull Center 7 mi northwest, about 12 min by car
- Oronoque 7 mi north, about 12 min by car
- Fairfield University 7 mi west, about 12 min by car
- Mill Plain 8 mi west, about 13 min by car
- Woodmont 8 mi northeast, about 13 min by car
- Sacred Heart University 8 mi northwest, about 13 min by car
- Shelton 11 mi north, about 17 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Stratford Point Lighthouse 2016, Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MilfordCT FormerMilfordPointHotel, Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Judson House Stratford CT, Tomticker5 ( talk ), Public domain
- BridgeportCT GatewayVillageHD, User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- BridgeportEaglesNest, Charles W. Brilvitch, Public domain
- StratfordCT SterlingHomestead, Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0
- FirstCongregationalChurchStratfordCT, Jerry Dougherty, CC BY 2.5
- StratfordCT NathanielCurtisHouse, Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Washington Bridge CT as Seen from Stratford, Sgt. R.K. Blue at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
- MilfordCT LaurelBeachCasino, Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- BridgeportCT EinJacobSynagogue, User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stratford station 173, Pedro Xing, CC0
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