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East of Stoke Park, the medieval church of Stoke Poges is famous beyond its architecture: this is reputedly the churchyard of Thomas Gray's, 'Elegy from a Country Churchyard', one of the most well

The open-air swimming pool in Market Drayton was built in the 1930s; it attracted people from a large area around the town, even from as far away at Stoke on Trent.

Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.

Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.

Kempsey lies between Worcester and Severn Stoke. Today there are moorings along the river bank, and housing development has completely swamped the old village.

The settlement later spread to the neighbouring parish of Stoke Poges.

One Richard Stokes founded Ongar Academy in 1811 for 'twenty young gentlemen'. It later became the Grammar School.

The pretty village of Stoke Abbot lies in a hollow below Lewesdon Hill, the third highest hill in Dorset.

There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of the photograph.

On the next 'terrace' up is Middle Limpley Stoke, its narrow winding lane flanked by dry stone and mortared walls.

The settlement later spread to the neighbouring parish of Stoke Poges.

Sharpham Point and nearby Bass Rock were important fishing spots - Stoke Gabriel, on the opposite shore, had twenty salmon boats working at the end of the 19th century.

Salt springs were discovered at Stoke Prior in 1828, and were developed by the Georgian entrepreneur John Corbett. The canal was used to facilitate the transportation of salt all around Britain.

Viewed from the corner of the High Street, Boots is on the left hand side, with W H Smith opposite.There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of

This view looks north down the lane to Lower Limpley Stoke, with the railway curving along to the station beyond the locomotive water tower (now closed).

Viewed from the corner of the High Street, Boots is on the left hand side, with W H Smith opposite.There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Weather-boarded and glass shop fronts line this Edwardian street, which boasts a jeweller's, a draper's and silk mercer's named Stokes & Sons, and a trader by the name of J F Gammon.

One of the pleasantest ascents of Pilsdon Pen, the highest hill in Dorset, is from Beaminster and up through Stoke Abbot.

The original parish church is now a picturesque ruin some distance away on the clifftops of Stoke Point.

Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

Here the view of the kiosk is all but obliterated by a telephone exchange box, a police telephone box and the large road sign which gives directions to Stoke, Stafford, Rugeley and the

In 1860, a new station was opened at the north end of the tunnel through Stoke Hill, which then enabled the railway to be continued to Bury St Edmunds and Norwich.

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.