Severn Stoke

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Severn Stoke
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Church and old houses
Severn Stoke is located in Worcestershire
Severn Stoke
Severn Stoke
 Severn Stoke shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference SO857441
Civil parish Severn Stoke
District Malvern Hills
Shire county Worcestershire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORCESTER
Postcode district WR8
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament West Worcestershire
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Severn Stoke is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the south of the county of Worcestershire, England, lying beside the A38 road. It was home to "Francis the Counting Duck", made famous on Esther Rantzen's That's Life! TV program. In 1996 a hoard of 18 silver Saxon pennies were found near Severn Stoke.

Severn Stoke was within the bounds of the Royal forest of Horewell during the medieval period. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War.[1]

The village of Severn Stoke was never connected to the railway, but a highly detailed 00 gauge model exists which is based on what the station may have looked like if there once was.[2]

References

  1. * 'Parishes: Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4, ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 163–177 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp163-177 [accessed 30 August 2015]
  2. Severn Stoke Model Railway Website

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