PRESTON-ON-STOUR

This parish was in Gloucestershire until 1931 when it passed to Warwickshire, and it was transferred from the Diocese of Gloucester to that of Coventry in 1918. The village, unspoiled by new developments, is about four and a half miles south of Stratford. Some of the houses belong to the Alscot estate, now in the possession of the West family. The original mediaeval structure of the church has been altered at various times and now displays a mixture of architectural styles.

DIOCESE: Gloucester. HUNDRED: Upper Kiftsgate. UNION: Stratford

ADJOINING PARISHES: Atherstone-On-Stour, Alderminster, Whitchurch, Quinton.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1540-1907 Marriages: 1540-1970 Burials: 1540-1965.

Bishop's Transcripts : 1606-1859 GLO

IGI: On Gloucestershire fiche. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

Christenings: 1873-1907 Marriages: 1873-1913 COV
Burials: 1540-1576,1593-1644,1666-1812 Marriages: 1541-1812 Burials: 1540-1576,1594-1641,1653,1684-1812 STR

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Church and Yard to 1812 STR
St. Mary BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: GLO

CENSUS RETURNS:
1851-91 WAR
1851 BMSGH SI v.11 SoG , BIR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837 Marriage 1754-1841

MANORIAL RECORDS: 1626-1672 STR

OTHER SOURCES: West of Alscot Park, estate papers, deeds etc 16th-19thc.
Correspondence of the Revd. Joseph Green (1712-1790), Dugdale Society, Vol.XXIII, 1965
A History of Preston-upon-Stour, J.Harvey Bloom, 1896.
Alscot Park, Stratford-upon-Avon, WWM Vol.1 No.9 July-Sept 1953.
Alscot Park, Country Life Vol.123 pp1064-1067.
Parish magazines.
W.I.Scrapbook 1965.

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]