Stratton-on-the-Fosse straddles the Fosse Way, an ancient Roman road which linked the cities of Lincoln and Exeter.

There is evidence of human occupation of the area since the Bronze Age with skeletons and pottery being found in local caves.

After the Norman Conquest William the Conqueror took many lands, including Stratton-on-the-Fosse, from the abbey and gave them to Geoffrey de Montbray the Bishop of Coutances.

Sir Thomas de Gournay was concerned in the murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle, for which his estates were confiscated, and Stratton was later annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall.

[4] Land just south of Benter Cross which contains the remains of coal mines from around 1700 is owned by the Somerset Wildlife Trust to be managed for grassland species.

Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

[13] It is also part of the Frome and East Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.