Alderminster is a village and civil parish on the River Stour about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. 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]
| Alderminster | |
|---|---|
 St Mary & Holy Cross parish church | |
  Alderminster Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 491 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP2348 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stratford-upon-Avon |
| Postcode district | CV37 |
| Dialling code | 01789 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Alderminster Parish Council |
History
editAlderminster was an exclave of Worcestershire until 1931, when it was transferred to Warwickshire. When rural district councils were created in the 1890s, Alderminster was part of Shipston on Stour Rural District. When the parish was transferred to Warwickshire it became part of Stratford on Avon Rural District.[2] 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.[3] The post office closed in 1973.
In the Domesday Book (1086) Alderminster is shown as part of the land of St Mary's of Pershore, in Pershore Hundred, Worcestershire. In 1884 the village is shown on a map as consisting only of a few houses. The Minster and Parish Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross is of 12th century origin.[4] The church has been listed Grade II* since 1967.[5] Alderminster was one of the film locations of MGM's 1963 horror film The Haunting.
Between 1963 and 1968, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It was subsequently demolished, no trace remains today. [6]
References
edit- ^ "Area: Alderminster (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Details of boundary changes". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007.
- ^ The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties. The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. 1997. p. 151. ISBN 0-9513311-3-2.
- ^ Alderminster Medieval Settlement; our.warwickshire.org.uk
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross (1382532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Alderminster ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica". www.subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
Sources
edit- 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. Vol. 4. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 7–12.
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