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Winstone
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Population270 (2011 Census)
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51°47′6″N2°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]

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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

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.

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References

  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.

Coordinates: 51°47′6″N2°3′25″W / 51.78500°N 2.05694°W / 51.78500; -2.05694