Preston-on-Stour

Preston-on-Stour

Preston-on-Stour is a village in Warwickshire, England found some four kilometres south of Stratford-on-Avon. As the village name suggests the River Stour flows along it's eastern fringe and the A3400 runs about 1 kilometre east. The village was historically part of Gloucestershire until in changed counties in 1931. [ [http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/prestononstour.html Preston on Stour at the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry] ] The village church is dedicated to Saint Mary. [ [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/heartofengland/churches.htm Some pictures of St Mary's] ] The village did have an Infant and Primary School but this closed in 1974. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O84880&tabType=ARCHIVE The school on the National Archives website] ] The children's television show the Teletubbies was filmed about two kilometres south of the village. [ [http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile16701/Teletubbies---Childrens-TV-Show---Sweet-Knowle-Farm-(overlay).htm A site pointing you to the location using Google Earth] ]

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