Severn Stoke
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| OS grid reference | SO857441 |
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| 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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Coordinates: 52°05′42″N 2°12′36″W / 52.095069°N 2.209898°W
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
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- '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]
- ↑ Severn Stoke Model Railway Website
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