Newbold on Stour
| Newbold on Stour | |
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  Newbold on Stour Location within Warwickshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP2446 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Shipston-on-Stour |
| Postcode district | CV37 |
| Dialling code | 01789 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Newbold on Stour is a village in Warwickshire about 6 miles (10 km) south of Stratford upon Avon. Population details are included within Tredington.
The Church of England parish church of Saint David was built in 1833.[1] It was restored in 1884-89 and the spire was removed in 1948.[1] St. David's parish is now part of the Benefice of the Stourdene Group, which also includes the parishes of Alderminster, Butlers Marston, Ettington, Halford and Pillerton Hersey.[2] Newbold has a village store and a public house: the White Hart.
The famous British dish, ‘Chicken in the Basket’, was invented and served for the first time by the landlord of the village pub, the White Hart.
An astute businessman in the 1960s called George Silver, who had his own banqueting company called Banquets of Oxford brought chicken-in-the-basket to the White Hart in the late 60s or early 70s.
The meal was so popular coachloads of customers turned up to enjoy a liqueur and choose chicken-in-the-basket from a leather-bound menu.
References
- ^ a b Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966, p. 361
- ^ Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of the Stourdene Group". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
Sources
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 361.
External links
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