Lighthorne Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Lighthorne - village centre - geograph.org.uk - 93448.jpg
Official Name:Lighthorne
Coordinates:52.2°N -1.505°W
Civil Parish:Lighthorne
Population:361
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:Stratford-on-Avon
Shire County:Warwickshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Kenilworth and Southam
Post Town:Warwick
Postcode District:CV35
Postcode Area:CV
Dial Code:01926
Os Grid Reference:SP 339 558

Lighthorne is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is about 6miles 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]

Notes and References

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