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'''Stewkley''' is a [[village]] and a civil parish within the [[Aylesbury Vale]] district of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. It is located 5 miles (8 km) East of [[Winslow, Buckinghamshire|Winslow]] and 4 miles (6 km) West of [[Leighton Buzzard]]. |
'''Stewkley''' is a [[village]] and a civil parish within the [[Aylesbury Vale]] district of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. It is located 5 miles (8 km) East of [[Winslow, Buckinghamshire|Winslow]] and 4 miles (6 km) West of [[Leighton Buzzard]]. |
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The village name Stewkley is [[Old English language|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means |
The village name Stewkley is [[Old English language|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means "Woodland clearing with tree stumps". In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 it was recorded as ''Stiuclai''. |
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The principal manor in Stewkley once belonged to the son of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], who was an occasional visitor to the village. |
The principal manor in Stewkley once belonged to the son of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], who was an occasional visitor to the village. |
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| Stewkley | |
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 St Michael & All Angels Church | |
| Population | Expression error: "1,731[1]" must be numeric |
| OS grid reference | SP853261 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEIGHTON BUZZARD |
| Postcode district | LU7 |
| Dialling code | 01525 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Stewkley is a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) East of Winslow and 4 miles (6 km) West of Leighton Buzzard.
The village name Stewkley is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "Woodland clearing with tree stumps". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Stiuclai.
The principal manor in Stewkley once belonged to the son of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was an occasional visitor to the village.
The parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, is one of the least-altered of England's 6000 Norman churches. There is also a Methodist Chapel in High Street South, and St Michael's Church of England Combined School, for children aged 4-11.
In 1969/70 Stewkley was earmarked to be destroyed to make way for the building of London's Third Airport, but was saved after villagers fought an environmental and political campaign; the Wing Airport Resistance Association (WARA).
Stewkley has one of the longest village High Streets in Britain, a title also claimed by Combe Martin in Devon, whose two mile (3 km) high street is not as continuously populated as Stewkley's 1.7 miles (2.7 km) of High street.