Information for record number MWA2112:
White Bear Hotel, Shipston on Stour

Summary The White Bear Hotel, a coaching inn dating to the Imperial period. It is located 100m east of the Police Station.
What Is It?  
Type: Inn, Coaching Inn
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 40
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A three storey brick built coaching inn with central door.
2 One of the inn's back rooms was used as a theatre during the early 19th century.
3 Photograph published in 1982.
4 Historic public house situated on the east side of High street in the medieval area of the town. Listed building record (DWA3279) gives a date of late C18.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1952
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Stratford
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: F. White and Co.'s Warwickshire Directory 1874
Author/originator: F. White and Co.
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: The White Bear. Shipston
Author/originator: Warwickshire and Worcestershire Magazine
Date: 1982
Page Number: 38
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Soliloquies of Old Shipston
Author/originator: Drinkwater P
Date: 1979
Page Number: 66
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument COACHING INN * A public house offering lodgings to the passengers, and stabling for the horses of stage coaches. back
monument HOTEL * A large building used for the accommodation of paying travellers and guests. back
monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PUBLIC HOUSE * The public house was a 19th century development, distinctive from the earlier BEER HOUSE by its decorative treatment and fittings. back
monument POLICE STATION * The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back
monument THEATRE * A building used primarily for the performing of plays. back

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