Alderminster is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

on the River Stour about south of

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of Engl ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

, England. The village is on the A3400 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and

Shipston-on-Stour Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in southern Warwickshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Stour, Warwickshire, River Stour, points of the compass, south-southeast of Stratford-up ...

. The 2011 Census recorded the

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's population as 491.

History

Alderminster was an

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until 1931, when it was transferred to

. When rural district councils were created in the 1890s, Alderminster was part of

Shipston on Stour Rural District Shipston on Stour was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974 The district covered an area around Shipston-on-Stour. Originally it was a detached part of Worcestershire, but in 1931 it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Warwickshire, a ...

. When the

was transferred to Warwickshire it became part of Stratford on Avon Rural District. The first mention of a

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in the village is in July 1849, when a type of

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known as an undated circle was issued. The post office closed in 1973. In the

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(1086) Alderminster is shown as part of the land of

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's of

Pershore Pershore () is a market town and civil parish in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. At the 2011 UK census, census, the population was 7,125. The town is best known for Per ...

, in Pershore Hundred,

. In 1884 the village is shown on a map as consisting only of a few houses. The Minster and

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of St Mary and the Holy Cross is of 12th century origin. The church has been listed

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since 1967. Alderminster was one of the film locations of

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's 1963 horror film '' The Haunting''. Between 1963 and 1968, the village was the location of a

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monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It was subsequently demolished, no trace remains today.

References

Sources

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External links

Alderminster Parish Council

The Stourdene Benefice
* Civil parishes in Warwickshire Villages in Warwickshire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub