Old Church Stoke | |
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View of the hamlet of Old Church Stoke | |
Location within Powys | |
OS grid reference | SO2894 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Old Church Stoke is a village in the community of Churchstoke in Powys, Wales. Until 1974 it was in the county of Montgomeryshire.
The name, as a distinct settlement within the township and parish of Churchstoke, was first recorded in the mid-16th century.[1] 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 Methodist chapel.[1]
There was formerly a holy well, or "Lady well", in the village, which was dressed with flowers and rushes.[2]
There are several farms located in Old churchstoke, one being Upper Aldress, farmed by Robert Kinsey and his family