Alcester
Alcester is a market town and also civil parish of Roman origin at the joint of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England, around 8 miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles southern of Redditch, near to the Worcestershire boundary. The 2011 demographics recorded a population of 6,273. Today the town features style from the Middle ages, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian as well as 20th century. The earliest residence seems The Old Malthouse at the edge of Church Road and Malt Mill Lane, which most likely dates from about 1500. The clock on St Nicholas Church (Quality 2 *) remains in an uncommon setting on the south-west corner of the 14th-century tower, making it noticeable from the High Street. The church also houses the tomb of Fulke Greville, grandpa of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke. The church's Georgian nave with Doric columns as well as plastered ceiling is believed to have actually been made by Francis Smith of Warwick, supervisor of its restore by Woodward bros of Chipping Camden in 1729.