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Winstone

Coordinates: 51°47′6″N 2°3′25″W / 51.78500°N 2.05694°W / 51.78500; -2.05694
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Winstone
Winstone Church
Winstone is located in Gloucestershire
Winstone
Winstone
Location within Gloucestershire
Population270 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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51°47′6″N 2°3′25″W / 51.78500°N 2.05694°W / 51.78500; -2.05694

Winstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 270.[1]

Winstone forms part of the Cotswold District.

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew was built in the 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.[2]

Winstone Baptist Chapel dates from about 1816.[3]

Winstone radio station

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The Winstone radio station had several masts established by the Air Ministry in the north-east of the parish during the Second World War. From 1971 the site was also used for air traffic control,[4] with a transmitter mast operated by NATS Holdings about half a mile north-east of the village.

References

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  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Bartholomew (Grade I) (1088409)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1976". British History Online. VCH. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Winstone: Introduction | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
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51°47′6″N 2°3′25″W / 51.78500°N 2.05694°W / 51.78500; -2.05694