Alveston, Warwickshire

Alveston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, and around 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stratford town centre, in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is located to the south of, and within a bend of the River Avon.^[1] In 1951 the parish had a population of 2,659.^[2]

Alveston
Village Green, Alveston
Alveston Location within Warwickshire
OS grid reference	SP2356
Civil parish	Stratford-upon-Avon
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stratford-upon-Avon
Postcode district	CV37
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.20°N 01.66°W / 52.20; -01.66

Hemingford House there is the youth hostel for Stratford-upon-Avon. The village was represented by Alveston F.C. between 1924 and 2017, when they folded. For most of its history, the club played in the Stratford & District League and the Midland Football Combination.

Alveston was the home of the playwright J B Priestley and his wife Jacquetta Hawkes, who lived at Kissing Tree House in the village, in his later years, until his death in 1984.^[3] The house was called Avonmore in the 1901 census and his secretary lived in Avonmore Cottage which is still there in Kissing Tree Lane.

On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Stratford upon Avon.^[4]