Place:Preston on Stour, Gloucestershire, England

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NamePreston on Stour
Alt namesPreston on Stour
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.1473°N 1.7042°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     ( - 1931)
Also located inWarwickshire, England     (1931 - )
See alsoDeerhurst (hundred), Gloucestershire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Marston Sicca Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1931
Stratford-upon-Avon Rural, Warwickshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1931-1974
Stratford-on-Avon (district), Warwickshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Preston-on-Stour is a village and civil parish now in Warwickshire, England found some four kilometres south of Stratford-upon-Avon. As the village name suggests the River Stour flows along its eastern fringe and the A3400 runs about 1 kilometre east.

The parish of Preston-on-Stour, which had been part of Marston Sicca Rural District in Gloucestershire since 1894, was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931 along with the other parishes in the rural district. A further explanation will be found under Marston Sicca Rural District where a map of the area is included.

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Online sources which may also be helpful:

  • Preston on Stour from A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8/Deerhurst hundred in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online.
  • GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Respect the copyright on this material.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
  • A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
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