Old Church Stoke
| Old Church Stoke | |
 View of the hamlet of Old Church Stoke |
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  Old Church Stoke |
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| OS grid reference | SO2894 |
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| Community | Churchstoke |
| Principal area | Powys |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
Coordinates: 52°32′N 3°04′W / 52.53°N 03.06°W
Old Church Stoke is a village in the Community of Churchstoke in Powys, Wales. Until 1974 it was in the county of Montgomeryshire.
The name, as a distinct settlement within the township and parish of Churchstoke, was first recorded in the mid-16th century.[1] The current village includes several timber-framed farmhouses of the 17th and 18th century, the former Oak Inn from the same period, and a 19th-century Methodist chapel.[1]
There was formerly a holy well, or "Lady well", in the village, which was dressed with flowers and rushes.[2]
References
- 1 2 Churchstoke Historic Landscape Characterisation, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
- ↑ Bird, A. History on the ground: an inventory of unrecorded material relating to the mid-Anglo-Welsh borderland, University of Wales Press, 1977, p.90
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