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 Falcon Inn, Nr Stratford Upon Avon 
Church Street, Shipston On Stour
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 The George Hotel
High Street, Shipston On Stour
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Coordinates: 52°03′36″N 1°37′23″W / 52.06, -1.623
Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish within the Stratford-on-Avon district of the southern part of Warwickshire, England. It is close to the borders with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The 2001 census recorded a population of 4,456 in the town.
The town is located on the River Stour in a rural part of southern Warwickshire, roughly 10 miles (16 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, and is a focal point for the surrounding rural area.
It is located on the A3400 road (formerly the A34) between Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford and was once an important stopping place for stagecoaches. Many former coaching inns remain in the town in the area of the High Street. Etymologically, Shipston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Scepwaeisctune meaning Sheep-wash-Town, it having once been an important sheep market[citation needed].
Following a fall in the demand for local wool, the local economy was in part sustained[citation needed] by the opening, in 1836, of a branch line running from the horse-drawn Stratford and Moreton Tramway, built ten years before and linking Moreton-in-Marsh with Stratford. In 1889 the line was upgraded to allow the operation of steam trains from Moreton to Shipston. Passenger services to the town were withdrawn in 1929 and the line closed completely in 1960.
Shipston lay within an outlying part of the historic county of Worcestershire, where it formed part of the Oswaldslow Hundred. In 1931 it was merged with Warwickshire. Until 1974 it was the centre of the Shipston-on-Stour Rural District. The town's church of St. Edmund was largely rebuilt in 1855, although retaining its 15th century tower. It lies within the Diocese of Coventry .
Notable people born in Shipston include the actor Richard Morant and the 19th century archaeologist Francis Haverfield. The town was notably commemorated by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees in the song 'Cold be my Days' on his 1970 solo album 'Sing Slowly Sisters'. To wit "Cold be my days in Shipston-on-Stour". He stated in a BBC Radio 4 interview in May 2007 that this relates to his youthful experiences, riding horses with his brother Barry.[citation needed]
The Sports Club hosts football, hockey, cricket, bowls, and tennis teams.
The Shipston on Stour Rugby Football Club currently play in Midlands 4 West (South).
Alcester Henley-in-Arden Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon Studley
Bidford-on-Avon Bishops Itchington Harbury Kineton Wellesbourne
Admington Alderminster Ardens Grafton Arlescote Arrow Aston Cantlow Atherstone-on-Stour Avon Dassett Barton-on-the-Heath Bearley Beaudesert Billesley Binton Brailes Burmington Burton Dassett Butlers Marston Charlecote Claverdon Clifford Chambers Combrook Compton Verney Compton Wynyates Coughton Ettington Exhall Fenny Compton Gaydon Great Alne Great Wolford Halford Hampton Lucy Honington Ilmington Kinwarton Ladbroke Lighthorne Lighthorne Heath Little Compton Long Itchington Long Marston Lower Shuckburgh Loxley Luddington Moreton Morrell Napton-on-the-Hill Oldberrow Oxhill Preston-on-Stour Priors Hardwick Priors Marston Quinton Radbourne Radway Salford Priors Snitterfield Spernall Stockton Tanworth-in-Arden Temple Grafton Tredington Ullenhall Upper Shuckburgh Warmington Welford-on-Avon Weston-on-Avon Whichford Whitchurch Wilmcote Wixford Wolverton Wootton Wawen Wormleighton
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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