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Parliament||West Midlands| Alcester (i// or //) is an old market
town of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River
Arrow in Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately 8
miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles south of
Redditch, close to the Worcestershire border. The 2001 census
recorded a population of 6,214 in the town, which also has civil
parish status. Historical significance  In Roman times Alcester
(Alauna) was a walled town and Roman fort of some importance
being located at a junction between the Ryknild Street Roman
road and the ancient Saltway from Droitwich and the Roman road
from Stratford upon Avon and the Fosse Way. An important market
town, Alcester was the site of a Benedictine monastery founded
in the middle of the 12th century by Ralph le Boteler. The
monastery was once a thriving one. In 1318 Walter de Beauchamp,
who had a seat in the nei