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Population
  
59 (2001 Census)

Civil parish
  
Atherstone on Stour

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:33 AM

UK parliament constituency
  
Stratford-on-Avon

OS grid reference
  
SP204510

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Warwickshire

Atherstone on Stour

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 95% Humidity

District
  
Stratford-on-Avon District

Atherstone on Stour is a small village and civil parish about 2 12 miles (4 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 59.

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Map of Atherstone on Stour, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

Parish church

Atherstone on Stour's medieval parish church was demolished in the 1870s and replaced with the present parish church of St Mary, which was completed in 1876. It incorporates masonry from the previous church, including the heads of two 14th-century windows and a wall-mounted marble monument to William Thomas, who died in 1710.

St Mary's is now redundant and in 2008 was converted into a private house. Atherstone on Stour is now part of the Church of England parish of St Mary, Preston-on-Stour, which is the next village to the south.

Houses

Alscot Park is a country house about 12 mile (800 m) south of the village. It has a 17th-century or earlier core but was remodelled in Rococo style in 1750–52. At the same time the grounds were landscaped, probably with advice from Sanderson Miller. A new wing was added to the house in 1764.

Cutlin Mill Cottage was a 17th-century timber-framed cottage with brick nogging and a thatched roof. It was by the bridge over the River Stour southeast of the village, on the road to Ailstone. It was associated with a corn mill that was later converted into an oil mill. The cottage was Grade II listed but was abandoned because it suffered from flooding. The Alscot Estate let it fall into disrepair and in 2004 applied for listed building consent to demolish it. The Ancient Monuments Society opposed the application. On 28 May 2010 the cottage was destroyed by fire. The estate demolished the ruins and then applied retrospectively for the cottage to be de-listed.

RAF Atherstone

RAF Atherstone was a Second World War air station east of the village that trained aircrew for RAF Bomber Command. It opened in 1941, was renamed RAF Stratford in 1942 and closed in 1945. The site is now used mainly for warehouses.

Warehouse fire

On 2 November 2007 a large fire at a vegetable warehouse on the former airfield operated by Wealmoor Ltd made the national news and resulted in the deaths of four Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service firefighters: John Averis, Ian Reid (who died in hospital), Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley. In February 2011 three senior officers of the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence over the deaths. In May 2012 all three officers were acquitted of all charges.

References

Atherstone on Stour Wikipedia


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