Stoke Fleming
| Stoke Fleming | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Stoke Fleming | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX862483 |
| Location: | 50°19’28"N, 3°35’58"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | TQ6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Hams |
Stoke Fleming is a village in the south of Devon, on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the famed town of Dartmouth, and at the north end of Start Bay. It is within the 'South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'.[1]
History
The village is of ancient foundation. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as Stoc; the personal name le Flemeng is first recorded in connection with the village in 1218.[2]
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter, it was recorded as having a rector in 1272, was enlarged during the 14th century and was subject to a major restoration in 1871–2.[3]
Earmund of Stoke Fleming a saint of Anglo-Saxon England, reputed to be buried here, was the local patron saint[4] of the village, being recorded as venerated in 1364[5] and 1419AD.[6]
George Parker Bidder, once known as "the Calculating Boy", is buried in its graveyard.[7]
In 2001 the population of the civil parish was 1,012, compared to 708 in 1901,[3] reducing again to 803 at the 2011 census.
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References
- ↑ "Parish of Stoke Fleming". Stoke Fleming Parish Council. http://www.stokefleming.org.uk/. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ Gover, J. E. B. & Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M.: 'Place-Names of Devon , Part 1' (English Place-Names Society, 1931), page 331
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 160. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ↑ Nicholas Orme, English Church Dedications: With a Survey of Cornwall and Devon (University of Exeter Press, 1996) Page 24
- ↑ Ecclesia Sancti Ermondi 1364 (Public Record Office|: PRO, C135/183 no3.
- ↑ Ecclesia Sancti Ermundi 1419 (Chanter IX f202)
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Bidder, George Parker