Stoke Lyne

Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 1°10′34″W / 51.950°N 1.176°W / 51.950; -1.176
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Stoke Lyne
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBicester
Postcode districtOX27
Dialling code01869
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51°57′00″N 1°10′34″W / 51.950°N 1.176°W / 51.950; -1.176

Stoke Lyne is a village and

civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bicester, Oxfordshire in southern England
.

Etymology

The name Stoke Lyne is first attested, simply as Stoches, in the Domesday Book of 1086. This name comes from the Old English word stoc ('secondary settlement, outlying farmstead, dairy farm'). As Stoke is a very common name in England, this was later disambiguated: the form Stoke del Isle ('Stoke of the Del Isle family') is attested in 1328, and in the Latinised form Stoke Insula already in 1316. In the early fifteenth century, the estate was bought by William Lynde, and the name came to be disambiguated through the addition of his family's name. This is first attested in 1526 in the form Stokelynde; the present-day form is first attested as Stoke-lyne in 1658.[2]

Battle of Fethan leag

According to the

Britons "at the place which is named Fethan leag".[3] Cutha was killed but his father Ceawlin won "many towns and countless war-loot".[3] A 12th-century document records a wood called "Fethelée" in a reference to Stoke Lyne, so it is now thought the Chronicle is depicting a battle near Stoke Lyne.[4][5]

Modern historians doubt, however, that such a battle took place. In the assessment of Patrick Sims-Williams, "the name means 'wood (or clearing) of the soldier or band of soldiers (or of the battle)'. That could be a coincidence, or the site could be named after the 584 battle; but in view of the earlier folk-etymologies [in the Chronicle] one is bound to suspect that the annal really reflects a legend explaining the place-name".[6]: 29–30 

Manor

Harald III of Norway to invade England, but in September Harold II defeated the Norwegian army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
and both Harald and Tostig were killed in the fighting.

The

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 leaving no male heir.[7] His estates were divided between his three sisters but there is no mention of Stoke Lyne being among them.[7]

Thereafter the Earls of Oxford held Stoke Lyne as part of their honour of Whitchurch until at least the 16th century.[7]

Parish church

The

Saint Peter has a late Norman nave and chancel.[8] A north aisle was added in the 13th century and a south tower was added early in the 14th century.[8] Most of the north aisle was demolished, leaving just the easternmost bay as a north transept.[8] St. Peter's is a Grade II* listed building.[9]

The tower has three bells, all cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Thomas II Mears cast the second bell in 1812, while Mears and Stainbank cast the treble in 1869 and the tenor in 1925.[10]

The parish is now part of the benefice of Stratton Audley with Godington, Fringford with Hethe and Stoke Lyne. The benefice is part of the Shelswell group of parishes.[11]

A Church of England school for the village was built in 1864 and reorganised as a junior school in 1930.[7] It was still open in 1954[7] but has since closed.

Amenities

Stoke Lyne has a

public house, the Peyton Arms, controlled by the Hook Norton Brewery.[12] Stoke Lyne has a Women's Institute.[13]

References

  1. 2011 census
    Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. ISBN 9780521362091 Parameter error in {{ISBN
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  3. ^ a b Swanton 1996, pp. 14–21.
  4. ^ Stenton 1971, p. 29.
  5. ^ Ellis 1994, p. 84.
  6. JSTOR 44510771
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  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lobel 1959, pp. 312–323.
  8. ^ a b c Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 789.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1193248)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  10. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers
    . Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  11. ^ Shelswell group of Parishes: St Peter Church, Stoke Lyne
  12. ^ Peyton Arms
  13. ^ Oxfordshire Federation of Women's institutes

Sources

External links

Media related to Stoke Lyne at Wikimedia Commons

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