Winstone
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| shire_county = Gloucestershire
| region = South West England
| coordinates = {{coord|51|47|6|N|2|3|25|W}}
| shire_district = Cotswold
| constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=6 January 2025}}
| static_image_name = Winstone Church - geograph.org.uk - 1539315.jpg
| static_image_caption = Winstone Church
| population = 270
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
}}
{{Distinguish|Winston (disambiguation){{!}}Winston|Whinstone}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
Winstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 270.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130758&c=GL7+7LB&d=16&e=62&g=6427022&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427124064875&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 23 March 2015}}
Winstone forms part of the Cotswold District.
The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew was built in the 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.{{NHLE |desc=Church of St. Bartholomew |num=1088409 |grade=I |accessdate=10 December 2020}}
Winstone Baptist Chapel dates from about 1816.{{cite web |title=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1976. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/p151 |website=British History Online |publisher=VCH |access-date=6 September 2022}}
Winstone radio station
{{See also|Shanwick Oceanic Control}}
The Winstone radio station had several masts established by the Air Ministry in the north-east of the parish during the Second World War. From 1971 the site was also used for air traffic control,{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp145-147|title=Winstone: Introduction | British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} with a transmitter mast operated by NATS Holdings about half a mile north-east of the village.
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External links
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- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=19069 In depth article on the village]
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire
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