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huts were purchased and re-erected by
volunteer labour, at a cost of £702. The
Coronation Hall, opened by Captain James
West in 1953, remained the centre of village
social life until it was replaced many years
later. The new building, designed in keeping
with the architecture of the main street, also
incorporates oak trusses from local woods. It
was opened in 1999 by Emma Holman-West
and her daughter, Isabella, representing the
present and future guardians of Alscot and the
ancient parish of Preston on Stour.
1. Domesday Book entry for Preston (1086).
2. The Allotments in the 1970s.
3. The Village Hall c1977.
4. James West, who bought the estate in
1747.
5. Pupils from Class 2, Preston on Stour
School 1909-10.
6. The main street c1908.
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