Stoke Dry
| Stoke Dry | |
| Rutland | |
|---|---|
 in 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP893984 |
| Location: | 52°34’37"N, -0°41’2"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 35 (2001[1]) |
| Post town: | Oakham |
| Postcode: | LE15 |
| Dialling code: | 01572 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rutland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rutland and Melton |
Stoke Dry is a village and parish in south-west Rutland, adjacent to the border with Leicestershire. It is located about three miles south-west of Uppingham, in the hundred of Wrandike. In 2007 it had a population of 39. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Seaton. With only 14 homes this is a quiet village with a mediaeval church dedicated to Saint Andrew. The parish church has mediæval wall paintings and Romanesque chancel arch. A myth claims that the Gunpowder Plot conspirators met in a small room above the porch; the only basis for this is that the manor was part of the estate of Sir Everard Digby.
Stoke Dry is known as the site of the Eyebrook Reservoir located at the bottom of the hill. The reservoir was used by Avro Lancasters flying from RAF Scampton as the final practice run for Guy Gibson's No. 617 Squadron RAF prior to Operation Chastise, the Dambusters attack on the Ruhr valley dams on the night of the 16/17 May 1943.
Gallery
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Carving of a bellringer on shaft to chancel arch, St Andrew's Church -
The village, looking north-east from Eyebrook Reservoir
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dry Stoke Dry) |
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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