Postcards of the Past - Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

Shipston-on-Stour,
Warwickshire

Shipston-on-Stour is a small Warwickshire market town about 8
miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. The name "Shipston" was
originally "Sheep-wash-town" and as is implied by the name, the
town was an important sheep-market town for many years. In 1836
a branch line from the horse-powered tramway, built a few years
before to link Stratford with Moreton-in-Marsh, was opened and
enabled the town to continue to flourish as the demand for wool
waned. Shipston was also an important coaching town.

This card of Sheep Street was mailed in 1941.

Almost the same view of Church Street - from the car, about 1950.

A view of Shipston which is dated 1965.

The Bridge, probably about 1950.

Old Postcard, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

An undated postcard of the Red Lion and the Stour Garage. Note the "Flowers Ale" sign on the "Red Lion" - Flowers
Ale was brewed at the brewery on the Birmingham Road in Stratford-upon-Avon until the early 1960s.

This postcard was mailed in 1954, but the photograph from which it was taken
appears to be earlier, possibly pre-war.

Two postcards of the Old Mill Hotel - both undated.

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Another undated view of the Old Mill, with a super old motor outside - is it a Jag or
a Lagonda ?

No date for this postcard of New Street........

.....nor for this one of Stratford Road.

This super old postcard of the Power Station being built in Shipston arrived by email (Oct 2007). Thanks to the anonymous donor !

Another postcard by Antona, this one of London Road, Shipston.

Station Road - an excellent postcard by Antona.

Sheep Street, Shipston-on-Stour, Old Postcard

Another view of Sheep Street.

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There is a lot of information about
Shipston and the surrounding area on the
internet - see what you can discover.

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Another postcard of Church Street.

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The Warwickshire Hunt at Shipston, 26 February 1938.