Preston on Stour
{{short description|Village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England}}
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Preston on Stour is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England.[http://www.prestononstour-pc.gov.uk/ Parish council website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405220956/http://www.prestononstour-pc.gov.uk/ |date=2011-04-05 }}
History
It is situated some four kilometres south of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 census was 244.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127712&c=Preston+on+Stour&d=16&e=62&g=6472197&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1450712499312&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=21 December 2015}} As its name suggests, the village stands on the River Stour, which flows northward, just east of the village centre. The A3400 main road parallels the river about one kilometre further east. To the east of the village lies the country estate of Alscot Park with its Grade I listed Georgian mansion house. Historically Preston was a part of the county of Gloucestershire but the parish was transferred to Warwickshire on 1 April 1931.{{cite web|url=http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/prestononstour.html |title=Preston on Stour at the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry |publisher=Bmsgh.org |date=2000-01-03 |access-date=2012-12-07}} The village church is dedicated to Saint Mary.[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/heartofengland/churches.htm Some pictures of St Mary's] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429044201/http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/heartofengland/churches.htm |date=April 29, 2008 }} The village formerly had a Junior school and Infant school but this was closed in 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O84880&tabType=ARCHIVE |title=The school on the National Archives website |publisher=Nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=2012-12-07}}
Nearby
The children's television show Teletubbies was filmed at Wimpstone, about two kilometres south of the village.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
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Category:Villages in Warwickshire
Category:Civil parishes in Warwickshire