Stoke Doyle

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Stoke Doyle
Northamptonshire
Location
Grid reference: TL024863
Location: 52°27’55"N, 0°29’37"W
Data
Post town: Peterborough
Postcode: PE8
Dialling code: 01832
Local Government
Council: North Northamptonshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Corby

Stoke Doyle is a village in Northamptonshire, two miles south-west of Oundle. This is a tiny village, on the road between Oundle and Wadenhoe. A stream running through the village rises in Lilford Wood and flows into the River Nene.[1]

The village has a pub, the Shuckburgh Arms.[2]

The parish church, St Rumbold,[3] stands to the east of the road, and was built between 1722 and 1725.

History

The village was held by John de Oyly in 1286.[4]

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References

  1. A History of the County of Northampton - Volume 3 pp 132-135: Parishes: Stoke Doyle (Victoria County History)
  2. Shuckburgh Arms. Retrieved 20 November 2009
  3. Church of England: Stoke Doyle, St Rumbold. Retrieved 20 November 2009
  4. Placenames: Stoke Doyle