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Shipston-on-Stour

Civil parishes in WarwickshireCotswoldsShipston-on-StourStratford-on-Avon DistrictTowns in Warwickshire
Shipston on Stour, High Street, geograph 3641703 by John Sutton
Shipston on Stour, High Street, geograph 3641703 by John Sutton

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, 9 miles (15 km) south-southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of Chipping Norton, 14 miles (22 km) south of Warwick and 14.5 miles (23 km) west of Banbury. In the 2021 census, Shipston-on-Stour had a population of 5,849.This area is sometimes termed the Vale of Red Horse, close to the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire borders.

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South Lynn Gardens, Stratford-on-Avon Shipston on Stour

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South Lynn Gardens

South Lynn Gardens
CV36 4ER Stratford-on-Avon, Shipston on Stour
England, United Kingdom
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Shipston on Stour, High Street, geograph 3641703 by John Sutton
Shipston on Stour, High Street, geograph 3641703 by John Sutton
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Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844
Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844

The administrative boundaries of Worcestershire, England have been fluid for over 150 years since the first major changes in 1844. There were many detached parts of Worcestershire in the surrounding counties, and conversely there were islands of other counties within Worcestershire. The 1844 Counties (Detached Parts) Act began the process of eliminating these, but the process was not completed until 1966, when Dudley was absorbed into Staffordshire. The expansion of Birmingham and the Black Country during and after the Industrial Revolution also altered the county map considerably. Local government commissions were set up to recommend changes to the local government structures, and as early as 1945 recommendations were made to merge Worcestershire with Herefordshire. Eventually in 1974, a form of this recommendation was carried out, most of Worcestershire was combined with Herefordshire to form a new county named Hereford and Worcester, while the northern Black Country towns and villages of Worcestershire, along with adjoining areas of Staffordshire and Warwickshire, formed the new administrative county of West Midlands. Hereford & Worcester was re-divided into the separate counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in 1998. Since that time Worcestershire's boundaries have not changed. Redditch opted to join the West Midlands Combined Authority as an associate 'non-constituent' member in October 2015, although this will not affect the borough's status within Worcestershire.