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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
Below are listed a set of links for more information about the village and surrounding area. All have now been checked in the last few months.
When links are broken (out of date, temporarily down, or not ready), these will be shown with a
û for a short time until a new link can be found or we give up;
hover over the link for more details.
Those checked and found to be working are shown with the month
(2008)
the site was last checked.
If a site is present, but appears to be unattended, it will be shown with a
u.
E-mail addresses are now checked at the same time as web addresses.
| Airfield, Wellesbourne Mountford |
www.wellesbourneairfield.com |
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| Art Gallery, Walton |
www.waltongallery.co.uk |
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| Baby Pages, Local - Parents' Guide |
www.localbabypages.co.uk |
04 |
| Caravan/ Camping, Warwickshire |
www.warwick-uk.co.uk/useful- info/caravan-camping.asp |
04 |
| Chedham's Yard |
www.chedhamsyard.org u |
06 |
| Church History (with bells, on some browsers!) |
www.btinternet.com/~copson/
Church_History_website/Church_
History_home.htm u |
05 |
| Community Information (Trading Standards) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/
corporate/pages.nsf/Links/1F3B03
6ED08D13A780256C8C005C8C71 |
05 |
| Coventry & Warwick News |
www.cwn.org.uk |
05 |
| Crematorium, Oakley Wood |
www.warwickdc.gov.uk/WDC/Commu nity+and+living/Life+events/Deaths/ Cremation/Introduction+to+Oakley +Wood+Crematorium.htm |
05 |
| Football Club, Wellesbourne Wanderers |
www.WellesbourneWanderersFC.co.uk |
03 |
| Freebay: exchange unwanted stuff |
www.communityfreebay.co.uk |
07 |
| Health and Beauty, Holistic |
www.sutoni.co.uk |
06 |
| Hero, nominate your local |
www.honours.gov.uk |
02 |
| Horticulture Research International / Hortitec |
www.warwickhri.ac.uk |
05 |
| House Prices, Council Tax, Schools etc. |
www.upyourstreet.com |
02 |
| Library, Wellesbourne |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/ corporate/pages.nsf/Links/3CF48A 1CE4897A8F80256A1B0055A903 |
02 |
| 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 (2005 pdf, best viewed 400%)
See below for free PDF reader |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/ Corporate/pages.nsf/Links/0B8CD8 C4083D683080257122003901A8/ $file/County+Side+JPEG.pdf |
06 |
| Market, Airfield (et al), Wellesbourne: Knowhere |
www.knowhere.co.uk/board/kb4127 |
04 |
| Medical Centre, Hastings House |
www.hastingshouse.org.uk |
04 |
| Medical Centre, Hastings House (NHS site) |
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/ GP.aspx?pid=49F717AD-A4C8-4349- 8FB0-6DC51A5AE6EB |
07 |
| Neighbourhood Watch |
www.neighbourhoodwatch.net |
04 |
| PDF Reader, get free |
www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/ readstep2.html |
04 |
| Photographic Studio |
www.avonstudios.co.uk |
02 |
| Police, Warwickshire |
www.warwickshire.police.uk |
04 |
| Raft Race, Wellesbourne Lions |
e: info@raftrace.org.uk
w: www.raftrace.org.uk |
04 |
| Recycle for free |
www.freecycle.org |
05 |
| Recycle, The Big |
www.thebigrecycle.com |
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| Recycling - Everyday stuff |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/waste |
02 |
| Recycling - Lexmark/HP Inkjet cartridges for charity |
www.redcross.org.uk/34968 |
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| Recycling - Other inkjet cartridges and laser toners |
www.eachonecounts.co.uk/ca/ |
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| Recycling - Sims Long Marston site details |
www.icer.org.uk/directory/sims.htm |
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| Recycling - TVs, computers etc. (WEEE) |
www.sims-group.com/ uk/solutions/weee.asp |
04 |
| Recycling - Waste Reduction |
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com |
06 |
| Recycling Warwickshire |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/recyclewarks |
06 |
| Road Surface Dressing (timetable now available) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ surfacedressing |
06 |
| Rubbish/Refuse Collection, Household |
www.stratford.gov.uk/community/ community-183.cfm |
05 |
| School, Wellesbourne C of E Primary |
www.wellesbourneceprimary.co.uk |
05 |
| Silver Surfers |
www.nbsilversurfers.org.uk |
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| Stratford District Council |
www.stratford.gov.uk |
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| 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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| Swimming School for children (New site, incomplete) |
www.theswimschool.co.uk |
05 |
| Swimming School for children (Old site, complete) |
home.btconnect.com/theswimschool |
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| Tourism, Heart of England |
www.visitheartofengland.com |
06 |
| Tourism, South Warwickshire |
www.shakespeare-country.co.uk |
02 |
| Tourism, Stratford upon Avon |
www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk |
02 |
| Tourism, Warwick |
www.warwick-uk.co.uk |
04 |
| Trading Standards |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/
tradingstandards |
04 |
| Vulcan Bomber 655 Maintenance and Preservation Society, Wellesbourne |
www.xm655.com |
06 |
| Walton Hall (old timeshare site, last revised Jul 2004) |
www.waltonhall.plus.com/ welcome.htm |
05 |
| Walton Hall (2 Paramount venues, part of Barceló) |
www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/ central-england/walton-hall |
05 |
| Warks Directory, The |
www.warks.co.uk |
04 |
| Wartime Museum, Wellesbourne (Unofficial Guide, last revised Nov 2006) |
www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/ u-z/wellesbournemus.htm |
02 |
| Warwickshire Web, The (incl. A to Z and Search) |
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/home |
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| Water Mill, Wellesbourne (closed until Nov 2008)
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www.wellesbournemill.co.uk |
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| Weather, Current, Wellesbourne Airfield |
www.wellesbourneairfield.com/
wxdisplay.html |
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| Wellesbourne Action Group |
e: WellesbourneWAG@hotmail.co.uk
w: www.warkcom.net/wag |
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| Wellesbourne in Bloom |
www.warkcom.net/live/cme2692.htm |
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| 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 |
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| Young Firefighters Association, Wellesbourne |
www.youngfirefighters.netfirms.com
u |
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CHARITIES
Our community and its various clubs support a number of charities. Rather than build links each time they are mentioned (which is time-consuming), I am listing them here, so they are all together in one place. See also
Fund Raisers in the Clubs Section.
Meet our neighbours...
Some Local towns and villages (all checked 02-07, but some appear to be unattended - see above):
There are a number of other sites, both generic and specific, with connections to Warwickshire towns and villages, including:
If there are any other links you'd like us to add, please e-mail us at:
peter@davies3847.freeserve.co.uk
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