Stoke d'Abernon
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| Stoke d'Abernon | |
  Stoke d'Abernon shown within Surrey |
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| Population | less than 6,000 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Elmbridge |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cobham |
| Postcode district | KT11 |
| Dialling code | 01932 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Esher and Walton |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Stoke d'Abernon is a small village situated between Cobham and Leatherhead in the county of Surrey. The census area Oxshott and Stoke d'Abernon has a population of 6,100.[1]
Stoke d’Abernon lay within the Saxon administrative district of Elmbridge hundred. Stoke d'Abernon appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Stoche. It was held by Richard Fitz Gilbert. Its domesday assets were: 2 hides; 2 virgates 5 acres; 1 church, 2 mills worth 13s, 4 ploughs, 6 oxen, 4 acres of meadow, woodland worth 40 hogs. It rendered £5.[2] The suffix d'Abernon comes from a family who came over at the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. Its church, St Mary's, is Saxon with Norman and Victorian additions, and is famous for its monumental brasses, among them the oldest in the country.
It has its own railway station, named Cobham & Stoke D'Abernon because Cobham was located sufficiently too far north for the line to be effectively routed to it when constructed at the end of the 19th century.
Yehudi Menuhin (whose full title was Baron Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon in the County of Surrey) founded his music school to the south of the village.
The distinguished diplomat Sir Edgar Vincent (1857-1941) lived locally in the early 20th century and took the title Viscount D'Abernon.
Stoke d'Abernon is also home to the training ground of Premier League football club Chelsea.
Another sporting activity in Stoke d'Abernon is the cricket club [1] at the recreation ground, Stoke Road, founded around 1870 and playing at the same ground since 1885. The England fast bowler and captain, Bob Willis, grew up in the village and learnt to play at the club before his professional career in the 1970s and 80s and is a vice president of the club.
The local pub-restaurant is The Old Plough, and the village has an active residents' association with a network of road representatives [2].
The local newspaper is the Cobham News and Mail.[3]
Parkside preparatory school is also located in the village at the Manor House adjacent to the parish church of St. Mary.
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[edit] External links
- Stoke D'Abernon Cricket Club
- [3]Stoke D'Abernon Residents' Association
- [4] local councillor Jan Fuller's home page
- [5] Councillors for Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon
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