Halford is a village and
civil parish about north of
Shipston-on-Stour in
Warwickshire,
England. The village is where the
Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis ( Bath), Corini ...
Roman road
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(now the
A429 road) crosses the
River Stour. The
2011 Census recorded the
parish's population as 341.
By the river are the earthworks and buried remains of Halford
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
, a
motte castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to ...
believed to be the predecessor of the present
manor house.
References
External links
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Halford Parish CouncilThe Stourdene BeneficeHalford Village Website
Civil parishes in Warwickshire
Villages in Warwickshire
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