Stockton, Warwickshire
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Stockton is a village and civil parish, in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 1,391. The village is located just to the east of the A426 road around two miles north-east of Southam, and around eight miles south-west of Rugby.
Stockton's name was first recorded in 1272, the name meaning 'a fenced enclosure'. The village grew up mostly from the 19th century as an industrial village, housing workers for the local cement industry. The now closed Nelson Cement Works made cement from blue lias clay, which was quarried locally. Some of this cement was transported down to London and used in the construction of the Thames Embankment. Just to the north of the village is the Grand Union Canal, which served the cement works.
In 1898 a large fossil of an Ichthyosaurus was found locally at Cally pits, a disused quarry (now a nature reserve) just outside the village. It is now at the Natural History Museum in London; in recent years an image of an Ichthyosaurus has been used on the sign at the entrance to the village.
The main quarry at Cally pits has been the subject of much controversy in the local area for a long time.
Stockton was once served by the former Weedon to Leamington Spa railway line, and its station was called Stockton & Napton (referring to Napton-on-the-Hill which was about 1.5 miles away), but this was closed along with the line in 1963. The 64 bus runs through the village between Leamington Spa and Rugby, once an hour in each direction.
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[edit] Pubs & clubs
- The Crown - Home of the popular Half Crown Pétanque Club [1]
- Barley Mow
- Nelson Club
- The Blue Lias (Near to the village, next to The Grand Union canal)
- The Boat Inn (Near to the village, next to The Grand Union canal, on A426 Rugby Road)
[edit] Gallery
 Entering Stockton from Napton |
 St Michael's Church |
 The Barley Mow |
 Nelson Club |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Warwickshire Towns & Villages, by Geoff Allen (2000) ISBN 1-85058-642-X
