Old Church Stoke
| Old Church Stoke | |
|---|---|
 View of the hamlet of Old Church Stoke | |
  Old Church Stoke Location within Powys | |
| OS grid reference | SO2894 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Old Church Stoke is a village in the community of Churchstoke in Powys, Wales. Until 1974 it was in the county of Montgomeryshire.
The name, as a distinct settlement within the township and parish of Churchstoke, was first recorded in the mid-16th century.[1] The current village includes several timber-framed farmhouses of the 17th and 18th century, the former Oak Inn from the same period, and a 19th-century Methodist chapel.[1]
There was formerly a holy well, or "Lady well", in the village, which was dressed with flowers and rushes.[2]
There are several farms located in Old churchstoke, one being Upper Aldress, farmed by Robert Kinsey and his family
References
[edit]- ^ a b Churchstoke Historic Landscape Characterisation, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
- ^ Bird, A. History on the ground: an inventory of unrecorded material relating to the mid-Anglo-Welsh borderland, University of Wales Press, 1977, p.90
