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| | Old Stratford Remembered Group - History of Old Stratford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The village lies in the flat lands formed by the river Nene and Ouse, with the forests of Whittlewood and Salcey - very reduced now,- on the sides and the river Tove, on the northern part exposing the Upper Lias Clays. |
 | | The same name of Stony Stratford is a reminder of the stone paved road crossing the river; only much later the place was divided, by the same river, into two separate villages, belonging to two different Counties. |
 | | The original settlement, on such a strategic point, in the middle of the Country, and on the main road connecting the North to the South of England, with traffic passing the river, witnessed all sort of events, armies moving, commerce and trading activities prospering, royalties travelling. |
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