Alderminster
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| Alderminster | |
| Worcestershire, Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary & Holy Cross parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP2348 |
| Location: | 52°7’48"N, 1°39’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 491 |
| Post town: | Stratford-upon-Avon |
| Postcode: | CV37 |
| Dialling code: | 01789 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stratford-on-Avon |
| Website: | Alderminster Parish Council |
Alderminster is a village and parish on the River Stour about four miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. The parish, along with those of Shipston-on-Stour, Tidmington and Tredington form a detached part of Worcestershire locally situate in Warwickshire.The village is on the A3400 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shipston-on-Stour. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 491.[1]
History
The first mention of a post office in the village is in July 1849, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued.[2] The post office closed in 1973.
References
- ↑ "Area: Alderminster (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119894&c=Alderminster&d=16&e=62&g=6472109&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1426057742063&enc=1. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties. The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. 1997. p. 151. ISBN 0-9513311-3-2.
Further reading
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 62–63.
- Willis-Bund, J.W.; Page, W.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Worcester. Victoria County History. 4. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 7–12. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp7-12.
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