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Stourport-on-Severn, the Glossary

Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley.^[1]

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Market towns in Worcestershire
Towns in Worcestershire
Wyre Forest District

Abberley Clock Tower

Abberley Clock Tower is a prominent, distinctive clock tower in Abberley, Worcestershire, England.

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Abberley Hall

Abberley Hall is a country house in the north-west of the county of Worcestershire, England.

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Areley Hall

Areley Hall is a Grade II listed country house near Areley Kings in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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Astley Hall, Stourport-on-Severn

Astley Hall is a country house in Astley near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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BCN Main Line

The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line is the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England.

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Bewdley

Bewdley is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Severn. Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley are market towns in Worcestershire, Populated places on the River Severn and towns in Worcestershire.

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Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Clifford T. Ward

Clifford Thomas Ward (10 February 1944 – 18 December 2001) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.

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George S. Patton

George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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Hartlebury Castle

Hartlebury Castle, a Grade I listed building, near Hartlebury in Worcestershire, central England, was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house, on manorial land earlier given to the Bishop of Worcester by King Burgred of Mercia.

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John Wesley

John Wesley (2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism.

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Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester. Stourport-on-Severn and Kidderminster are towns in Worcestershire and Wyre Forest District.

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Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company

The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company operated an electric tramway service between Kidderminster and Stourport-on-Severn between 1898 and 1929.

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Manor house

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.

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Pool House, Worcestershire

Pool House is a Grade II* listed house in Astley, in the county of Worcestershire, England.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.

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Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars.

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Stourport Civic Centre

Stourport Civic Centre is a municipal building in New Street in Stourport-on-Severn, a town in Worcestershire, in England.

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Stourport power stations

Stourport power stations were two electricity generating stations that supplied electricity to Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire and to the wider West Midlands area from 1927 to 1984.

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Stourport Ring

The Stourport Ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit, or canal ring, around Worcestershire, The Black Country and Birmingham in The Midlands, England.

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Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Stourport-on-Severn railway station was the main station in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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Tontine Buildings, Stourport

The Tontine Buildings is a former hotel in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, built in the late 18th century by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company.

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