Old Church Stoke is a village in the

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of Churchstoke in Powys, Wales. Until 1974 it was in the county of

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. The name, as a distinct settlement within the

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and parish of Churchstoke, was first recorded in the mid-16th century.Churchstoke Historic Landscape Characterisation
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust 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

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chapel. There was formerly a holy well, or "Lady well", in the village, which was dressed with flowers and rushes.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 There are several farms located in Old churchstoke, one being Upper Aldress, farmed by Robert Kinsey and his family

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Photos of Old Church Stoke and surrounding area on geograph
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