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In 1976, as part of a county-wide survey organised by the Warwickshire Museum Service, a field-by-field parish survey was carried out by Wellesbourne Women's Institute. The 1955 6" to a mile Ordnance Survey map was used as the baseline for the survey. The results were published in 'The Warwickshire Countryside' an ecological evaluation, published by Warwickshire Museum Service, 1980, ISBN 0 950 5942 8 8
The following information about the civil parish of Wellesbourne (including Walton) is extracted from this publication and refers to the area in 1976.
Wellesbourne (and Walton) Parish information (as at 1976 survey)
DESCRIPTION
The village lies on well-drained gravelly deposits of the Avon-Dene valley. To the south there are stiffer clays beyond which a marked escarpment, well-hung with a most impressive curtain of fine mixed woodland, rises through Rhaetic limestones and clays to the Lower Lias plateau.
Farming is predominantly arable, with largish fields.
In its upper reaches the River Dene is a typical, pleasant, meandering stream but flood alleviation work at and below Wellesbourne has removed much of the natural charm in the lower reaches. Walton Hall lakes are a very attractive spot for birds and wildflowers, and the pools at Staple Hill, although more functional, also support a good range of species.
Dutch Elm Disease has hit this parish very severely because of the predominance of elm in the hedgerows.
STATISTICS
Area of parish 1864 hectares, all mapped in the 1976 survey.
Major land uses:
Arable 54% (crops: wheat, potatoes, oats, barley, oilseed-rape, allotments)
Grass 22% (17% permanent pasture)
Built-up 8%(5.8% new since 1955)
Woodland 13% (13 woods)
Other 3% (1% unmanaged, airfield), 0.3% flood meadow, 0.25% ponds and lakes, 0.25% quarry (disused), 2% linear features (hedgerows, roads, rivers and streams, railway (disused).
Average field size 7 hectares, some hedges with trees, some hedges removed since 1955.
ECOLOGY
Special ecological sites listed by the Warwickshire Biological Records Centre in 1976:
Disused railway line
Charlecote Park (part)
Wellesbourne Wood,
Red Hill Wood,
Walton Hall Lakes and River Dene,
Walton Wood,
Bath Hill Wood,
Round Hill Wood,
Walton Lane verge,
Bowshot Wood,
Hell Hole (part).
LINKS
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| Airfield, Wellesbourne Mountford |
www.wellesbourneairfield.com |
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| Baby Pages, Local - Parents' Guide |
www.localbabypages.co.uk
u |
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Bee Swarms,
how to deal with |
www.stratfordbeekeepers.org.uk/ SBKADocuments/Swarms.htm |
04 |
| Campaign - create an avalanche for change. |
www.38degrees.org.uk |
02 |
| Caravan/ Camping, Warwickshire |
www.visitwarwick.co.uk/useful- info/caravan-camping.asp |
07 |
| Chedham's Yard |
www.chedhamsyard.org.uk |
04 |
| Church History (with bells, on some browsers!) |
www.btinternet.com/~copson/
Church_History_website/Church_
History_home.htm su |
x |
| Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) |
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/get advice/bureau_detail.htm? serialnumber=540331 |
04 |
| Council Tax |
www.gov.uk/council-tax |
07 |
| Coventry & Warwick News |
www.cwn.org.uk
u |
07 |
| Crematorium, Oakley Wood |
www.warwickdc.gov.uk/info/20645/ oakley_wood_crematorium |
07 |
| Cricket Club, Wellesbourne |
www.wellesbournecc.co.uk/ default.aspx |
07 |
| Dementia Portal |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ livingwellwithdementia |
01 |
| Dodgy Trader? See who's selling genuine brands |
www.brand-i.org |
08 |
| Dog Warden Service |
www.stratford.gov.uk/community/dog-warden-services.cfm |
07 |
| Domestic Abuse Support |
www.talk2someone.org.uk |
04 |
| Domestic Energy Assessor, find nearest |
www.epcregister.com/ searchAssessor.html |
07 |
| Energy Efficiency Advice Centre |
www.iwarwickshire.co.uk/profile/ 172127/Warwick/Energy-Efficiency-Advice-Centre |
06 |
| Football Club, Wellesbourne Wanderers |
www.WellesbourneWanderersFC.co.uk |
04 |
| Freebay: exchange unwanted stuff |
www.communityfreebay.co.uk |
07 |
| Get Safe Online - Free Expert Advice |
www.getsafeonline.org |
10 |
| Health & Beauty, Holistic |
www.sutoni.co.uk |
06 |
| Healthwatch |
www.healthwatch.co.uk |
07 |
| Hero, nominate your local |
www.gov.uk/honours |
07 |
| House Prices, Schools etc. |
www.uklocalarea.com/index.php ;
www.zoopla.co.uk |
07 |
| Hygiene Ratings, Food Outlets |
ratings.food.gov.uk |
11 |
| Jobs in Stratford Area |
www.jobsinstratforduponavon.co.uk u |
09 |
| Library, Wellesbourne |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ wellesbournelibrary |
05 |
| Life Sciences, Warwick School of (former HRI) |
www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/ |
06 |
| Lions District 105M |
www.lions105m.org.uk |
04 |
| Lions, Wellesbourne |
e: info@wellesbourne-lions.org.uk
w: www.wellesbourne-lions.org.uk |
04 |
| Lorry Routes: 2 PDFs (county + insets), 2005, best viewed 100% |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/hgv |
04 |
| Market, Airfield, Wellesbourne |
http://wellesbournemarket.co.uk |
04 |
| Market, Airfield (et al), Wellesbourne: Knowhere |
www.knowhere.co.uk/Wellesbourne/ Warwickshire/Midlands/messages |
04 |
| Medical Centre, Hastings House |
www.hastingshouse.org.uk |
04 |
| Medical Centre, Hastings House (NHS site) |
www.nhs.uk/Services/GP/Overview/ DefaultView.aspx?id=38008 |
07 |
| Neighbourhood Watch |
www.neighbourhoodwatch.net |
04 |
| PDF Reader, get free |
get.adobe.com/uk/reader/otherversions |
07 |
| Photographic Studio |
www.avonstudios.co.uk |
09 |
| Police, Warwickshire |
www.warwickshire.police.uk |
04 |
| Press, Local Free |
www.arrowadvertiser.co.uk
districtadvertisers.co.uk
u
www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk
www.stratford-herald.co.uk
x
www.stratfordobserver.co.uk |
07 |
| Protect Wellesbourne from unwanted development |
www.wellesbourne-business.co.uk |
09 |
| Raft Race, Wellesbourne Lions |
e: info@raftrace.org.uk
w: www.raftrace.org.uk |
04 |
| Recycle for free |
www.freecycle.org |
07 |
| Recycle Now |
www.recyclenow.com |
09 |
| Recycling - Clothes, phones, print cartridges for charity |
www.redcross.org.uk/Get-involved/Get-fundraising/Recycle-for-us |
09 |
| Recycling - 2012 Consultation |
democratic.warwickshire.gov.uk/thecon sultationhub/Consultations/tabid/40/ID/ 146/mid/396/ctl/View/Changes-at-House hold-Waste-Recycling-Centres.aspx |
07 |
| Recycling - Everyday stuff |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/waste |
09 |
| Recycling - Other inkjet cartridges and phones |
www.eachonecounts.co.uk |
04 |
| Recycling - TVs, computers etc. (WEEE) |
www.simsrecycling.com |
11 |
| Recycling - Waste Reduction |
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com |
11 |
| Recycling - WEEE Industry Council |
www.icer.org.uk |
x |
| Recycling A-Z |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/azrecycling |
07 |
| Recycling Centres, Guide to (pdf) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Guide-to-household-waste-recycling-centres.pdf |
07 |
| Recycling Centres, Household Waste |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/hwrc |
07 |
| Register phone, gadgets, bikes etc. |
www.immobilise.com |
11 |
| Relationships and Sexual Health for Young People |
www.respectyourself.info |
07 |
| Reminiscence Action Project, Warwickshire |
www.reminiscence.org.uk |
11 |
| Retirement Living, Salmon Court: McCarthy & Stone |
www.mccarthyandstone.co.uk/retirement-properties-for-sale/salmon-court-wellesbourne/ |
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| Road Surface Dressing (2014-15 timetable) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ surfacedressing |
11 |
| Road Works |
roadworks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction= streetworks.streetworksSearch &alert_id=31672&fromEmailAlerts=1 &hdn_search_initiator=alert_email |
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| Rubbish/Refuse Collection, Household |
www.stratford.gov.uk/community/refuse-collection.cfm |
07 |
| School, Wellesbourne C of E Primary |
www.wellesbourneceprimary.co.uk |
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| School, Wellesbourne C of E Primary (WCC info) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate/sps. nsf/4f87bc55019a9fbc802569990051f0c6/ 7c4ac9f39fef8f3280257afa00795e53 |
07 |
Silver Surfers
(national) |
www.silversurfers.com |
06 |
Silver Surfers
(WCC from 01/04/12) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ computersandinternet#5 |
06 |
| Smoking, Help & Advice on Quitting |
www.smokefreewarwickshire.org 0800 085 2917 or text LIFE to 80800 |
06 |
| Stratford District Council Home Page |
www.stratford.gov.uk |
04 |
| Stratford District Council Wellesbourne Info |
www.stratford.gov.uk/ planning/wellesbourne.cfm |
07 |
| Street Life - Community Forum |
www.streetlife.com |
07 |
| Street Map (e.g. Chestnut Square CV35 9QR) |
www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll ?G2M?X=427736&Y=255138&A=Y&Z=1 |
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| Syncope: sudden blackouts - get checklist |
www.stars.org.uk |
11 |
| Taxi Service |
www.runabout.me.uk |
07 |
| Tourism, Coventry & Warwickshire |
www.enjoywarwickshire.com |
04 |
| Tourism, Heart of England |
www.visitheartofengland.com |
06 |
Tourism, Stratford & South Warwickshire,
Not Just Shakespeare |
www.notjustshakespeare.org.uk
www.shakespeare-country.co.uk
www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk |
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| Tourism, Stratford upon Avon - New |
www.discover-stratford.com |
04 |
| Tourism Directory, Stratford upon Avon |
www.shakespeares-stratford.com |
09 |
| Tourism, Warwick |
www.visitwarwick.co.uk |
07 |
| Trading Standards |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/
tradingstandards |
11 |
| U3A: University of the Third Age, Dene Valley |
www.denevalleyu3a.btck.co.uk |
11 |
| Vulcan Bomber 655 Maintenance and Preservation Society, Wellesbourne |
www.xm655.com |
11 |
| Walton Hall and Hotel: (formerly Puma/ Barceló) |
www.thehotelcollection.co.uk/ waltonhallhotel |
06 |
| Warks Directory, The (Businesses) |
www.warks.co.uk |
04 |
| Wartime Museum, Wellesbourne (Unofficial Guide, last revised Aug 2010) |
www.aeroflight.co.uk/museums/main/ wellesbourne-wartime-museum.htm |
07 |
| Warwickshire Directory (Services) |
directory.warwickshire.gov.uk |
09 |
| Warwickshire Rural Community Council |
www.ruralwarwickshire.org.uk |
03 |
| Warwickshire Web, The (incl. A to Z and Search) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/home |
04 |
| Water Mill, Wellesbourne (closed u.f.n.) |
www.wellesbournemill.co.uk b |
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| Watermill Barn Crafts |
www.thecraftybarn.co.uk |
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| Weather, Current, Wellesbourne Airfield |
www.wellesbourneairfield.com/
weatherdisplay.html |
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| Wellesbourne Action Group |
e: WellesbourneWAG@hotmail.co.uk
w: wellesbourneaction.weebly.com |
07 |
| Wellesbourne in Bloom |
www.wib.btck.co.uk |
06 |
| Wild Flowers, Warwickshire |
www.btinternet.com/~copson/
Warwicks_Flora_Group/Warwick
shire_Plants_Homepage.htm u |
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| Windows on Warwickshire: old pictures |
www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk |
09 |
| Wool, haberdashery etc: Warwick Wools |
www.warwickwools.co.uk |
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| Young Firefighters Association, Wellesbourne |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/yfa |
07 |
| Youth Parliament Election - stand, vote |
e: Hamish.cameron @warwickshire.gov.uk
w: www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk |
09 |
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Charities
Meet Our Neighbours
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