Monument record 0705200000 - Stokenchurch
Summary
Medieval to modern village of Stokenchurch
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area: Stokenchurch Conservation Area (DBC7296)
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Type and Period (3)
- SETTLEMENT (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1999 AD)
- VILL? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VILLAGE (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Conservation area designated in 1989 (B1).
Stokenchurch is first recorded in legal documents in about 1200, and is mentioned in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries (B2).
Stokenchurch was transferred from Oxfordshire to Buckinghamshire in 1896. The church stands to the north of the village and the vicarage at a short distance to the south-east. At each end of the village is a sawmill, and there is a windmill to the south-west. There are also two schools and a Congregational and a Methodist chapel (B3).
'Stoken Church' is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwards (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC23262 Map: Wycombe District Council. Stokenchurch Conservation Area. 1:2,500.
- <2>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p194.
- <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p96.
- <4>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 76141 96248 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 15 2025 12:04PM
