Shipston-on-Stour
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Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in southern Warwickshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Stour, south-southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of Chipping Norton, south of Warwick and 14.5 miles (23 km) west of Banbury. In the 2021 census, Shipston-on-Stour had a population of 5,849.
Key facts
- UK place.shire_county
- Warwickshire
- UK place.official_name
- Shipston-on-Stour
- UK place.static_image_name
- Shipston-on-Stour, High Street, geograph 3641703 by John Sutton.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 275
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 4.92
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street, Shipston-on-Stour.
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP2540
- UK place.population
- 5,849
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shipston-on-Stour
- UK place.shire_district
- Stratford-on-Avon
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
- UK place.postcode_district
- CV36
- UK place.postcode_area
- CV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01608
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stratford-on-Avon
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Shipston Town Council
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 5849
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.shipstononline.org
- Image
- Shipston-on-Stour.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01608
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- Commons category
- Shipston-on-Stour
- OS grid reference
- SP2540
- postal code
- CV36
- P12749
- Guido Buchwald
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology linked to sheep and wool trade
- Church (vestry) administration, township and parish formation
- A staging post for stagecoaches and regional market
- Early Victorian times
- Poor law union and rural district
- County exclave
- Amenities
- Public services
- Transport
- Media
- Governance
- Notable people
- Cultural references
- References
- Sources
- External links
Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in southern Warwickshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Stour, south-southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of Chipping Norton, south of Warwick and 14.5 miles (23 km) west of Banbury. In the 2021 census, Shipston-on-Stour had a population of 5,849.
This area is sometimes termed the Vale of Red Horse, close to the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire borders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shipston-on-Stour” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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