- Shenstone, Staffordshire
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Shenstone
latitude= 52.637
longitude= -1.841
population =
shire_district= Lichfield
shire_county =Staffordshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Tamworth
post_town= LICHFIELD
postcode_district = WS14
postcode_area= WS
dial_code= 01543
os_grid_reference= SK108044
london_distance=Shenstone is a
village andcivil parish inStaffordshire ,England , close toStonnall and betweenLichfield andBirmingham . In a recent survey Shenstone was found to be one of the ten worst places in England for finding single women.ref|midtodIt is served by
Shenstone railway station on the Cross-City railway line.Interests
Shenstone was formerly the manufacturing home of the
Norton Motorcycle . The old factory still remains on the outskirts of the village.The village is served by 4
public house s: The Plough & Harrow, The Fox & Hounds, The Railway and The Bull's Head.The village caught national attention as a result of several paranormal events and poltergeist sightings that took place at a nursing home during shortly after the second world war. Fact|date=July 2008
Notes
# cite news
last = Sidwell
first = Ben
coauthors =
title = Live from Shenston, Staffordshire.
pages = 8:00
language = English
publisher = BBC Midlands Today
date = 2007-09-17
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/england/realmedia/midlandstoday/midlandstoday?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1
accessdate = 2007-09-17External links
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Shenstone/ Quotes from historical documents]
In the village of shenstone is a river. Many students doing GCSE's often take measurements from this river for their coursework
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