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was completed and Stourport became one of the principal distributing centres for goods to and from the rest of the West Midlands. The canal terminus was built on meadowland to the south west of the hamlet of Lower Mitton. The terminus was first called Stourmouth and then Newport, with the final name
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church replaced an earlier brick church of 1782 by James Rose. This building was never finished, and after suffering storm damage, had to be partly demolished. The current St. Michael's church sits partially within its ruins. The Font was salvaged from the ruins of the old church, and is still used
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had called Stourport a "well built village" but by 1788 he noted that "where twenty years ago there was but one house; now there are two or three streets, and as trade increases it will probably grow into a considerable town". In 1790 he found the town "twice as large as two years ago".
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plunged sharply and from 1812 the population of Stourport scarcely rose, with many male workers leaving the town.
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In 1968 the Transport Act designated the canal a "cruise way" for pleasure purposes.
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The population of Stourport rose from about 12 in the 1760s to 1300 in 1795. In 1771
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In 1944, the town was the location of a famous address to US army troops by general
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Stourport came into being around the canal basins at the Severn terminus of the
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from the early 13th century until 2007, and Astley Hall was the home of
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In the area close to Stourport there are several large
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Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company
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Stourport

Stourport-on-Severn is located in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
OS grid reference
SO812715
London
District
Wyre Forest
Shire county
Worcestershire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
DY13
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Wyre Forest
UK
England

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