Great Alne is a small village in Warwickshire, England, north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, north-east of Alcester and from Warwick, on the road to Wootton Wawen. It takes its name from the River Alne and was first chronicled in the charter of King Ethelbald (723–737). In 1969 Warwickshire County Council designated part of Great Alne as a Conservation Area, including most of the village east of the Memorial Hall and twelve listed buildings of local architectural and historical value. At the 2001 Census the population was 587. History Land at Alne was given by Coenwulf of Mercia, about 809 to his newly founded abbey of Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire. The Domesday Book records "in Ferncombe Hundred, Winchcombe Abbey holds 6 hides in (Great) Alne. Land for 6 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; 3 slaves. 11 villagers with 4 smallholders have 5 ploughs. A mill at 5s; woodland 1/2 league long with 4 furlongs wide. The value was £3; now £4." It remained in the hands of the monastery until the dissolution, when it passed to the Crown, who leased it to the Throckmortons of Coughton until 1 December 1599. This is when Queen Elizabeth I sold it to Edward Stone of the city of Westminster and Thomas Gainsford of the City of London, Gainsford later making over his part to Stone. It has since passed through a number of private hands, being owned by different local families including the Throckmortons and Holyoakes. Alne Mill, converted into luxury flats in 1989, lies about to the south of the village and the road leading down to it is probably the Milnewey or Millway mentioned in 1541 and 1728. The mill at Alne, which was worth 5s. in the Domesday Book, and had increased in value to 6s. 8d. in the Taxation of 1291. In 1516 it was let by the abbot to John and Elizabeth Palmer at an annual rent of £1 10s. Governance Great Alne is in the Kinwarton ward of Stratford-on-Avon District Council and represented by County and District Councillor Mike Gittus of the Conservative Party. Nationally it is part of Stratford on Avon parliamentary constituency, whose MP since the 2010 election has been Nadhim Zahawi of the Conservatives. It was included in the West Midlands electoral region of the European Parliament. Notable buildings The parish church of St Mary Magdalene consists of a chancel with a modern north vestry, nave, north aisle