Stoke Fleming
| Stoke Fleming | |
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 St Peter's Church, Stoke Fleming | |
  Stoke Fleming Location within Devon | |
| Population | 803 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north end of Start Bay and within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,012, compared to 708 in 1901,[2] reducing again to 803 at the 2011 census[3] The parish is a major part of the Skerries electoral ward. The ward's total population at the same census was 1,927.[4] Stoke Fleming a primary school, library[5] and a football club.[6]
History
[edit]The village is of ancient foundation, being recorded in the Domesday Book as Stoc, and the personal name le Flemeng is first recorded in connection with the village in 1218.[7]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint 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.[2]
Earmund of Stoke Fleming a saint of Anglo-Saxon England, reputed to be buried here, was the local patron saint[8] of the village, being recorded as venerated in 1364AD[9] and 1419AD.[10]
George Parker Bidder, once known as "the Calculating Boy", is buried in its graveyard.[11] It was historically part of the Coleridge hundred.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parish of Stoke Fleming". Stoke Fleming Parish Council. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ a b Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 160. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Skerries ward 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Stoke Fleming Library". www.devon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008.
- ^ "Expired Website". stokeflemingfc.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013.
- ^ Gover, J.E.B., Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M (1931). "The Place-Names of Devon". English Place-Name Society. Vol Viii. Part I. Cambridge University Press: 331.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nicholas Orme, English Church Dedications: With a Survey of Cornwall and Devon (University of Exeter Press, 1996) Page 24
- ^ Ecclesia Sancti Ermondi 1364 (PRO, C135/183 no3.
- ^ Ecclesia Sancti Ermundi 1419 (Chanter IX f202)
- ^ "Bidder, George Parker". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2360. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Stoke Fleming". www.devon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.
External links
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