Stoke Doyle

{{Short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2014}} {{infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Stoke Doyle |coordinates = {{coord|52.4660|-0.4950|display=inline,title}} |population= | civil_parish = Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe<ref>{{cite web |title=Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe Parish Council Website |url=https://www.parish-council.com/piltonstokedoyleandwadenhoe/ |website =Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe Parish Council |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> |unitary_england= North Northamptonshire |lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= Corby and East Northamptonshire  |post_town= Peterborough |postcode_district = PE8 |postcode_area= PE |dial_code= 01832 |os_grid_reference= TL0286 |london_distance= |static_image= Stubble field and St. Rumbald's church, Stoke Doyle - geograph.org.uk - 6671613.jpg |static_image_caption= St Rumbold's }}

'''Stoke Doyle''' is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire in England, two miles south-west of Oundle. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Wadenhoe.

The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by John de Oyly in 1286.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stoke+Doyle|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Governance== It is represented on the parish council of Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe,<ref>[http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/pp/gold/viewGold.asp?IDType=Page&ID=4664 East Northamptonshire Council: Parish / Town Council Contacts: Pilton, Stoke Doyle, and Wadenhoe]. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref> and on North Northamptonshire council. Before changes in 2021 it was previously represented on East Northamptonshire District Council<ref name="enc">[http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image7254.PDF East Northamptonshire Council: Settlement Strategy Statements – Villages: Stoke Doyle Strategy Statement]. 1996. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref> and Northamptonshire County Council. Stoke Doyle is part of the Corby constituency, represented at the House of Commons by Tom Pursglove.<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/corby www.parliament.uk: Parliament Home > MPs and Lords > Find your MP > Corby]. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref>

==Geography== Stoke Doyle is two miles south-west of the town of Oundle, on the road between there and Wadenhoe. A stream running through the village rises in Lilford Wood and flows into the River Nene.<ref name="bh">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66272 'Parishes: Stoke Doyle', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3 (1930)], pp. 132–135. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref>

==Demography== At the time of the 1991 census, the parish population was 64 people, living in a total of 29 houses.<ref name="enc"/>

==Landmarks== Stoke Doyle's church, dedicated to Saint Rumbold,<ref>[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stoke-doyle-st-rumbold/ Church of England: Stoke Doyle, St Rumbold]. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref> stands to the east of the road<ref name="bh"/> and was built between 1722 and 1725.<ref name="enc"/> The village has a pub, the Shuckburgh Arms.<ref>[http://www.shuckburgh-arms.co.uk/ Shuckburgh Arms]. Retrieved 20 November 2009</ref> A sign on the road claims the village is twinned with the Catalan city of Barcelona, but it's just a joke by one villager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northampton/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9038000/9038240.stm|title=Barcelona joke surprises drivers|date=27 September 2010|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Stoke Doyle|position=left}}

Category:Villages in Northamptonshire Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire Category:North Northamptonshire