Alderminster
Appearance
Alderminster | |
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Alderminster church | |
OS grid reference | SP2348 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Warwickshire |
Fire | Warwickshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Alderminster is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the River Stour and the A3400, between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shipston-on-Stour. Nearby places are Wimpstone, Atherstone-on-Stour and Newbold-on-Stour. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 452.
Historically part of Worcestershire, it was originally part of Shipston on Stour Rural District. In 1931 it was transferred to the Warwickshire Stratford on Avon Rural District. [1]
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.[2] The post office closed in 1973.
References
- ^ Details of boundary changes
- ^ The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties, p. 151. (1997). The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. ISBN 0 9513311 3 2.