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2 unusual facts about Shipston-on-Stour Rugby Football Club


Shipston-on-Stour Rugby Football Club

By 1968 they were renting an old barn at the rear of The Bell Inn on Sheep Street and with the assistance of Whitbread Flowers they were able to use this structure as a club house.

Formed in 1963 by a group of teachers and old pupils from Shipston High School, the first squad came from wide across the region.


Michael D. Dingman

He is President of Shipston Group Ltd., a diversified international holding company based in Nassau, Bahamas.

Shipston-on-Stour

Notable people born in Shipston include the actor Richard Morant and the 19th century archaeologist Francis Haverfield.

The town was commemorated by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees in the song Cold be my Days on his 1970 solo album Sing Slowly Sisters.

Stratford and Moreton Tramway

The Stratford and Moreton Tramway was a 16-mile (25-km) long horse-drawn wagonway from the canal basin at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, with a branch to Shipston-on-Stour.


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