North Stoke, Oxfordshire

North Stoke

St. Mary's parish church
North Stoke
North Stoke shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SU6186
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wallingford
Postcode district OX10
Dialling code 01491
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

North Stoke is a small village beside the River Thames in the Crowmarsh civil parish in South Oxfordshire, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the market town of Wallingford. Its Church of St Mary is Grade I listed.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary was built in the 1230s when Robert de Esthall was the vicar. His memorial slab (1274) may be seen in the chancel. There is a 13th-century crusader chest and the remains of a Saxon piscina. Most notable, however, are the large number of 14th century wall paintings. Consequent on these factors, it is Grade I listed.[1] The original tower collapsed in 1669 and was not rebuilt until 1725.[2] St. Mary's parish is now a member of The Langtree Team Ministry: a Church of England benefice that includes also the parishes of Checkendon, Ipsden, Stoke Row, Whitchurch-on-Thames and Woodcote.[3]

The Ridgeway path runs through the churchyard, to either side crossing the Thames and climbing the Chilterns.

Transport

Road

The village is, bar a few farmhouses, two forked dead-end residential roads against the river Thames, however its closer New Town end has a lakeside Hotel and Golf Course which may be used by its visitors.

Buses

From 6 June 2012, North Stoke is served by Go Ride bus service number 134 from Wallingford to Goring-on-Thames.[4]

River

Private homes and a private boathouse join the river, no public slipway is available. The Thames Path is on the opposite bank.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ St Mary's Church - Grade I- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1059577)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 723
  3. ↑ "The Langtree Team Ministry". Langtree.org. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  4. ↑ "timetables & fares". Goridebus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Springs Hotel Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

Bibliography

  • Pedgley, B; Pedgley, D. (1990). Crowmarsh – A history of Crowmarsh Gifford, Newnham Murren, Mongewell and North Stoke. Crowmarsh History Group. ISBN 0-9516305-0-4.
  • Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 723–724. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

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