# Winstone

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{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| shire_county = [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire)
| region = South West England
| coordinates = {{coord|51|47|6|N|2|3|25|W}}
| shire_district = [Cotswold](/source/Cotswold_District)
| constituency_westminster = [North Cotswolds](/source/North_Cotswolds_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
| static_image_name = Winstone Church - geograph.org.uk - 1539315.jpg
| static_image_caption = Winstone Church
| population = 270
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
}}
{{Distinguish|Winston (disambiguation){{!}}Winston|Whinstone}}
{{for|people with this name|Winstone (surname)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
'''Winstone''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire). The population taken at the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) was 270.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130758&c=GL7+7LB&d=16&e=62&g=6427022&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427124064875&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 23 March 2015}}</ref>

Winstone forms part of the [Cotswold District](/source/Cotswold_(district)).

The Anglican [Church of St Bartholomew](/source/Church_of_St_Bartholomew%2C_Winstone) was built in the 11th century. It is a grade I [listed building](/source/listed_building).<ref name="nhle">{{NHLE |desc=Church of St. Bartholomew |num=1088409 |grade=I |accessdate=10 December 2020}}</ref>

Winstone Baptist Chapel dates from about 1816.<ref>{{cite web |title=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1976. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/p151 |website=British History Online |publisher=VCH |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref> 

==Winstone radio station==
{{See also|Shanwick Oceanic Control}}
The '''Winstone radio station''' had several masts established by the [Air Ministry](/source/Air_Ministry) in the north-east of the parish during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). From 1971 the site was also used for [air traffic control](/source/air_traffic_control),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp145-147|title=Winstone: Introduction &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> with a transmitter mast operated by [NATS Holdings](/source/NATS_Holdings) about half a mile north-east of the village.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Winstone}}
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=19069 In depth article on the village]

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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire
Category:Cotswold District

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