Chesterton (Warwickshire)
 
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Chesterton is a small village in Warwickshire , England .
location
The place with scattered properties is about 11 km southeast of Warwick in the Stratford-on-Avon district near the Fosse Way .
history
It became famous for its extraordinary tower windmill of the same name , located about one kilometer north-north-west and unique in the world, with a base of six arcades from the 17th century. In the village there are ruins of the former Chesterton Manor (1657 / 62–1802) of the Peyto family, famous for its architecture , who ruled the village since the mid-14th century. It was destroyed due to an inheritance dispute. The parish church of St. Giles the parish Chesterton and Kingston dates back to the 12th century.
literature
- G. Webster: CHESTERTON Warwickshire, England . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
Web links
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Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W