Lighthorne

Lighthorne
Lighthorne
	Lighthorne Location within Warwickshire
Population	361 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP 339 558
Civil parish	Lighthorne;
District	Stratford-on-Avon;
Shire county	Warwickshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warwick
Postcode district	CV35
Dialling code	01926
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Kenilworth and Southam;

Lighthorne is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Leamington Spa. The population taken at the 2011 census was 361.[1]

Lighthorne is a small village in a valley and is near Moreton Morrell, Kineton and Wellesbourne.

The first mention of a post office in the village is in October 1849, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued.[2] The parish church of St. Lawrence stands in a valley west of the village. It is built of stone in the late-13th century style but the west tower was rebuilt in 1771 and the remainder of the church in 1875–6.

In October 2008, Lighthorne Parish Council bought the telephone box in the village (which had been used only twice in three years) from the BT Group.[3]

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties, p. 151. (1997). The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. ISBN 0-9513311-3-2.
"Villagers spend £1 to save phone box". Warwickshire Telegraph, 28 October 2008, p. 3.

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[2] The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties, p. 151. (1997). The Midland (GB) Postal History Society. ISBN 0-9513311-3-2.

[3] "Villagers spend £1 to save phone box". Warwickshire Telegraph, 28 October 2008, p. 3.