Stoke on Tern

Stoke on Tern is a village located in Shropshire, England, on the River Tern. The civil parish is known as Stoke upon Tern.

Stoke on Tern
St Peter's church, Stoke on Tern
Stoke on Tern Location within Shropshire
Population	2,034 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ639278
Civil parish	Stoke upon Tern
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MARKET DRAYTON
Postcode district	TF9
Dialling code	01630
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Shropshire

Locality

A Stoke on Tern road sign

The village straddles the River Tern, which flows through the south and west of the village. The parish includes the smaller settlements of Eaton upon Tern, Ollerton, Stoke Heath and Wistanswick.[1] Its population of 1,740 in 440 households at the time of the 2001 census,[2] rose to 2,034 in 492 households at the 2011 Census.[3] It was estimated to be 2,431 in 2019.[4]

Amenities and transport

The village's disused bus stop

Langley Dale, the main residential street of the village

Stoke has a four-class primary school with a nursery attached.[5] It continued to be graded "good" after a short Ofsted inspection in January 2018.[6][7]

The nearest medical centre is at Hodnet (2.6 miles/4.2 km).[8] The nearest shopping facilities and other amenities are at Market Drayton (6.5 miles/10.5 km).

Since 2020 there has been no bus service serving the village, although the 341 and 342 routes between Market Drayton and Telford via Childs Ercall were operated by Arriva Midlands until 2016. There have been petitions to reinstate the service.[9] The village's nearest bus stop is now in Hodnet.

The edges of the parish are crossed by the main A53 and A41 roads.

Church

The Anglican Church of St Peter, Stoke on Tern, has a Sunday service every other week and a Wednesday prayer meeting four times a month.[10] The church building (1874–1875) and some concurrent and earlier features to be found in and around it are Grade II listed.[11][12] There is a war memorial listing the First World War victims of Stoke and Hodnet held in St Luke's Church, Hodnet.[13]

Notable persons

• Reginald Corbet (died 1566), a notable lawyer in the Tudor period, and his wife Alice Gratewood, inherited several Staffordshire manors, including Stoke, when her uncle, Rowland Hill, died in 1561.[14]
• Benjamin Whichcote (1609–1683), Puritan divine and 19th Provost of King's College, Cambridge, was born at Whichcote Hall, Stoke on Tern.[15]

See also

• Listed buildings in Stoke upon Tern

References

1. Parish site. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. Stoke upon Tern CP, Office for National Statistics
3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
4. City Population site. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
5. Primary School site. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
6. Ofsted page for Stoke. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
7. Government school info. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
8. Medical centre site. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
9. "Shropshire bus cuts are 'bad news', say passengers". Shropshire Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
10. A Church Near You. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
11. Historic listing. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
12. Benefice site. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
13. Military images. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
14. Archer, Ian (2004). "Hill, Sir Rowland (c.1495–1561)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13296. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. "The Christian's duty is to regard with charity the views of other Christians, however mistaken he takes them to be." Encyclopedia.com site. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

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