Salford Priors

A southern part of Salford Priors

Salford Priors is a rural, agricultural village and civil parish about four miles south-west of Alcester, Warwickshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,546.^[1] It is on the Warwickshire border with Worcestershire.

The village is eight miles from the popular tourist town of Stratford upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the River Avon runs near to it. Evesham lies seven miles to the south-west and is an important agricultural centre and soft fruit-growing area.

The population of the Salford Priors ward - which includes the communities of Abbot's Salford, Dunnington, Iron Cross, Pitchill, Rushford and Mudwalls was 1,492 according to the 2001 census

The village has a number of areas designated as conservation areas. The village is popular with tourists and photographers especially in the summer when it is full of flowers paid for by Salford Priors Parish Council. The village also recently won Warwickshire Village of the Year, for its services and beauty

Parish Council

Salford Priors Parish Council incorporates the communities of Abbot’s Salford, Cock Bevington, Bevington Waste, Wood Bevington, Dunnington, Iron Cross, Pitchill, Rushford and Salford Priors. The Parish Council's responsibilities include the Playing Field and Play Area, Public Lighting, Amenity, Grass Mowing, Cemetery Maintenance, Parish Floral Displays, and The Best Kept Garden Competition.

Salford Hall in Abbot's Salford

Local buildings and facilities

Salford Hall in Salford Abbots belonged first to Evesham Abbey, then to Kenilworth Priory, whose history is traceable back to 708, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries after which it became a seat of the Stanford family. It is now a hotel. The village used to have a railway station, opened in September 1866 on the Redditch to Ashchurch line. However the station closed in September 1963 as a result of the Beeching Axe.

The Norman-constructed St. Matthew's Church sits at the bottom of the village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church has regular services and social meetings. The church is also very closely linked with the local school.

The local school is Salford Priors Church of England Primary School which admits children from the ages of 5-11. The school was originally founded in 1656 by William Perkins as a Free School for all of the children of the parish.

Local business

There are three pubs (The Queens Head, The Bell at Salford Priors and The Vineyard) and a post office in the parish. The Bell reopened in July 2009 after being shut for many months after a major refurbishment; in 2011 the Bell developed a luxury super king-size en-suite holiday apartment. For gliding enthusiasts there is an airfield two miles from Salford Priors where national and international gliding competitions are hosted. "The Queens Head Inn" early in 2013 got a new tenant who brought the Inn up to date and upgraded all the facilities of the Inn by refitting the restaurant kitchen & providing overnight guests with modern en-suite letting rooms & refitting the bar with a modern coffee lounge.

Two large businesses located in the village are both connected with the agricultural industry. One, Alamo Manufacturing, makes agricultural machinery which is sold worldwide and the other is a large farm produce grower and packer that supplies many of the large supermarkets in the UK.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 December 2015.

External links

Media related to Salford Priors at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 52°09′30″N 1°53′20″W / 52.15833°N 1.88889°W / 52.15833; -1.88889

Stratford-on-Avon District towns, parishes and settlements

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Towns	Alcester Henley-in-Arden Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon

Large villages	Bidford-on-Avon Bishops Itchington Harbury Kineton Studley Wellesbourne

Other civil parishes, villages and hamlets	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 Idlicote Ilmington Kinwarton Ladbroke Lighthorne Lighthorne Heath Little Compton Long Itchington Long Marston Lower Shuckburgh Loxley Luddington Morton Bagot Moreton Morrell Napton-on-the-Hill Oldberrow Oxhill Pillerton Hersey Preston Bagot Preston-on-Stour Priors Hardwick Priors Marston Quinton Radbourne Radway Salford Priors Sambourne 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

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Major settlements	Alcester Atherstone Bedworth Coleshill Henley-in-Arden Kenilworth Nuneaton Royal Leamington Spa Rugby Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick Whitnash See also: List of civil parishes in Warwickshire

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