# Stoke Doyle

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{{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](/source/North_Northamptonshire)
|lieutenancy_england=            [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire)
|region=                   East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [Corby and East Northamptonshire](/source/Corby_and_East_Northamptonshire) <!-- 2024 -->
|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](/source/civil_parish) in [North](/source/North_Northamptonshire) [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire) in England, two miles south-west of [Oundle](/source/Oundle). The population of the village at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of [Wadenhoe](/source/Wadenhoe).

The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by [John de Oyly](/source/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](/source/Parish_councils_in_England) 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](/source/North_Northamptonshire) council. Before [changes in 2021](/source/2019%E2%80%932023_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England) it was previously represented on [East Northamptonshire District Council](/source/East_Northamptonshire)<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](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Council). Stoke Doyle is part of the [Corby](/source/Corby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) constituency, represented at the House of Commons by [Tom Pursglove](/source/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](/source/Oundle), on the road between there and [Wadenhoe](/source/Wadenhoe). A stream running through the village rises in Lilford Wood and flows into the [River Nene](/source/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](/source/1991_United_Kingdom_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](/source/Rumwold_of_Buckingham),<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](/source/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>

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

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