Atherstone on Stour

Atherstone on Stour is a small village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England.

It incorporates masonry from the previous church, including the heads of two 14th-century windows and a wall-mounted marble monument to William Thomas, who died in 1710.

Atherstone on Stour is now part of the Church of England parish of St Mary, Preston-on-Stour, which is the next village to the south.

On 2 November 2007 a large fire at a vegetable warehouse on the former airfield operated by Wealmoor Ltd made the national news and resulted in the deaths of four Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service firefighters: John Averis, Ian Reid (who died in hospital), Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley.

[7][8] In February 2011 three senior officers of the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence over the deaths.