North Stoke, Oxfordshire

North Stoke
North Stoke shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU611861
Parish	Crowmarsh
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WALLINGFORD
Postcode district	OX10
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

North Stoke is a village on the Thames, in the civil parish of Crowmarsh in the English county of Oxfordshire, a little to the north of Littlestoke and South Stoke.

[edit] Notable buildings

North Stoke Church

The Church of England parish church was built in the 1230s when Robert de Esthall was the vicar. His memorial slab (1274) may be seen in the chancel. The original tower collapsed in 1669 and a new one took over fifty years to build. There is a 13th century crusader chest and the remains of a Saxon piscina. Most notable, however, are the large number of 14th century wall paintings.

The Oscar-winning actor, Michael Caine, lived at the Rectory Farm House in North Stoke.
The contralto Dame Clara Butt lived in North Stoke.
Rock vocalist Ian Gillan, formerly of Deep Purple, used to live in the country house that is now the Springs Hotel. He had the guitar-shaped swimming pool built.

Pedgley, B. and Pedgley, D., (1990), Crowmarsh – A history of Crowmarsh Gifford, Newnham Murren, Mongewell and North Stoke, Crowmarsh History Group, ISBN 0-9516305-0-4.