Stoke Charity
Coordinates: 51°09′05″N 1°18′28″W / 51.151250°N 1.307865°W
Stoke Charity is a small village on the River Dever that lies within the Wonston civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately 6.1 miles (9.9 km) south-west from the village.
History
Stoke Charity has been mentioned as far back as 1085 when the Domesday Survey was being taken. It is probable that the lands of which Stoke Charity now stands was granted as part of the manor of Micheldever to Hyde Abbey by Edward the Elder in 904AD. The church of St Mary and St Michael dates mainly from the 12th and 13th centuries. According to the church's guidebook, the Norman nave and chancel were perhaps added to an small Saxon church to form the north aisle of an enlarged church. The church stands in a field just to the east of the village. Stoke Charity also had a manor house and home farm, which employed most of the population as farm labourers up until the late 1800s. Watercress beds were well developed and numerous in Stoke Charity until recently. These beds were fed by the River Dever, which is a tributary of the River Test.
External links
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