Alderminster

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Alderminster
Worcestershire, Warwickshire
The Minster and Parish Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross - geograph.org.uk - 181006.jpg
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

  1. "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. 
  2. The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties. The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. 1997. p. 151. ISBN 0-9513311-3-2. 

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