History of the Autry Chatel

The following information is an english translation of the Autry le Châtel web page http://perso.infonie.fr/cvan/AutryleChatelhistorique.html .

Autry Châtel originated in 3rd or 4th century A.D. The name Autry would have been derived from Autriacus or Altéracus. In 1800, a lexicographer, Claude Boiste gives the origin of the name Autry as the Latin word Altriacum.  In 1531, in a book entitled "The Old Customs of Lorris, Judges(?) and Service of Military Police of Montargis the Franc" one finds writes Aultry-le-Chastel, Aultry-the-city or Aultruy.  In 1677 in a letter which she wrote of the small castle, Madam de Sévigné took the current C-W communication " Autry " without the complements " Châtel " or "the city". There were these two complements because the parish was divided into two sections: the high borough or Autry the Castle where the church was, and the low borough or Autry the city.
In 1768 in the list of the parishes of the general information of Orleans Diocèse of Bourges one finds Autry-the-Manor house, it now acts for the Autry Châtel. (source: Excursions in Loiret, published by the Tourism Department of Loiret.)

The Old Castle (private), which was dismantled by Louis VI, the Large one, preserved its porch of entry all in old stone whose color varies clear gray depending on the angle of the sun. (located on the outskirts of Autry, towards Chatillon on the Loire).

The castle (private) with its French gardens, located close to the Notre Heure , dates from the 16th to 17th century. Madam de Sévigné resided there in 1667. On the outskirts of Autry, on Blancafort road).  The church Saint Etienne, built in 1891, of Ogival style, is one of the highest in Loiret at 59 meters. At the North-western porch, one can see the original inscription "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ". (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood) This battle cry may have been from the French revolution. The laundry going back to 1850, with its frame in oak and its slate cover. It was a place of meeting around from which the women came to wash their linen.