Harry Stoke

Harry Stoke
Harry Stoke
OS grid reference	ST6184079946
Civil parish	Stoke Gifford;
Unitary authority	South Gloucestershire;
Ceremonial county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS34
Dialling code	01454
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Filton and Bradley Stoke;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire

Harry Stoke is a village in the parish of Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire, England.

There were three manors in the parish of Stoke Gifford. The Giffards and Berkeleys held Stoke and Walls. Harry Stoke was a separate manor held by Aldred in Saxon times, Theobald in Norman times and the Blount and De Filton families in mediaeval times. The Berkeleys bought it in the l6th century.

One of the last coal mines in the Bristol Coalfield was at Harry Stoke. The mine was a drift mine, begun in 1952. Bad roof conditions made the mine uneconomical, and it closed in 1963.

More information can be found on the Southern Brooks Archaeological site.

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