Shenstone, Staffordshire

Shenstone, Staffordshire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Shenstone
latitude= 52.637
longitude= -1.841
population =
shire_district= Lichfield
shire_county = Staffordshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Tamworth
post_town= LICHFIELD
postcode_district = WS14
postcode_area= WS
dial_code= 01543
os_grid_reference= SK108044
london_distance=

Shenstone is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, close to Stonnall and between Lichfield and Birmingham. In a recent survey Shenstone was found to be one of the ten worst places in England for finding single women.ref|midtod

It is served by Shenstone railway station on the Cross-City railway line.

Interests

Shenstone was formerly the manufacturing home of the Norton Motorcycle. The old factory still remains on the outskirts of the village.

The village is served by 4 public houses: The Plough & Harrow, The Fox & Hounds, The Railway and The Bull's Head.

The village caught national attention as a result of several paranormal events and poltergeist sightings that took place at a nursing home during shortly after the second world war. Fact|date=July 2008

Notes


# cite news
last = Sidwell
first = Ben
coauthors =
title = Live from Shenston, Staffordshire.
pages = 8:00
language = English
publisher = BBC Midlands Today
date = 2007-09-17
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/england/realmedia/midlandstoday/midlandstoday?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1
accessdate = 2007-09-17

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Shenstone/ Quotes from historical documents]

In the village of shenstone is a river. Many students doing GCSE's often take measurements from this river for their coursework


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