South Stoke, Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 1°08′06″W / 51.547°N 1.135°W
| South Stoke | |
 St. Andrew's parish church |
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 South Stoke
South Stoke shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 458 (parish, including Littlestoke) (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU6083 |
| Civil parish | South Stoke |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Goring-on-Thames |
| Postcode district | RG8 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| Website | South Stoke village |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
South Stoke is a village and civil parish on the River Thames, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Goring-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire.
The parish includes the hamlet and manor house of Littlestoke, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village.
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[edit] Manor
In AD 975 King Edgar granted Osweard land at Stoke, probably later the South Stoke and Offham manors.[citation needed]
The manor passed to Eynsham Abbey in 1094.[2] At the time of the Hundred Rolls in 1279, South Stoke had 40 tenants and only three freeholders.[2] Woodcote, 3 miles (5 km) east of South Stoke, had developed as a dependent settlement by 1109.[2] It was followed by Exlade Street by 1241 and Greenmoor by 1366.[2]
[edit] Churches
The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew was built in the 13th century and still has Early English Gothic features including the three-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisles, windows in the north wall of the chancel and the east and west ends of the south and north aisle.[3] The east window of the south aisle has late 13th century stained glass of the Virgin and Child.[4]
In the 14th century the present font was carved,[4] a new chancel arch was built and new windows were inserted in the east and south walls of the chancel and the north and south walls of the nave.[3] The west tower is a Perpendicular Gothic addition.[4] In 1857 the church was restored, the south arcade was rebuilt and south aisle was widened.[3] The architect for these works was J.B. Clacy of Reading.[5]
The Vicarage was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge and built in 1869.[4]
In 1820 a chapel was built for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion.[4] It is now a private house.[6]
[edit] Economy and society
Isambard Kingdom Brunel built Moulsford Railway Bridge in 1839-40.[4]
South Stoke has a public house, the Perch and Pike.[7]
The Ridgeway path runs through the village.
[edit] References
- ^ "Area: South Stoke CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798683&c=South+Stoke&d=16&e=15&g=480924&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1269057872786&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d Emery, 1974, page 96
- ^ a b c Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 773
- ^ a b c d e f Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 774
- ^ Brodie, Felstead, Franklin & Pinfield, 2001, page 375
- ^ Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels website: South Stoke
- ^ The Perch and Pike
[edit] Sources
- Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan et al., eds (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 375. ISBN 0826455131.
- Emery, Frank (1974). The Oxfordshire Landscape. The Making of the English Landscape. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 96. ISBN 0 340 04301 6.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed (1962). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7: Thame and Dorchester Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 93–112. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63771.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 773–774. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
[edit] External links
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