Stoke Talmage

{{Short description|Village in Oxfordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{infobox UK place

|official_name= Stoke Talmage

|static_image= StokeTalmage StMaryMagdalene.JPG

|static_image_caption=St Mary Magdalene parish church

|coordinates = {{coord|51.688|-1.021|display=inline,title}}

|os_grid_reference= SU6799

|london_distance=

|label_position= left

|population= 49

|population_ref= (2001 Census)

|civil_parish= Stoke Talmage

|shire_district= South Oxfordshire

|shire_county= Oxfordshire

|region= South East England

|country = England

|post_town= Thame

|postcode_district= OX9

|postcode_area= OX

|dial_code= 01844

|constituency_westminster= Henley and Thame

|website=

}}

Stoke Talmage is a village and civil parish {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 49.{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790498 |title=Area selected: South Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=30 March 2010}} Because the parish population is below 100, the 2011 Census combined its figures with the output area for the civil parishes of Adwell and Shirburn.[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Parish: Key Statistics: Population.] (2011 census In particular the maps annexed to both definitions and data sets are identical. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

Notable buildings

Stoke Talmage seems to have had a parish church since the 11th century, although the first clear historical reference to it dates from 1219. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene was restored in 1758. In 1860 it was restored again and extended to plans by George Gilbert Scott.{{sfn|Lobel|1964|pp=198–210}} St Mary Magdalene Rectory was built in 1752. It was extended in 1820 by the builder and architect Daniel Harris.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|page=790}}

References

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Sources and further reading

  • {{cite book |last=Ekwall |first=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |orig-year=1936 |year=1960 |title=Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names |edition=4th |place=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0198691033 |at=Stoke}}
  • {{cite book |editor-last=Lobel |editor-first=Mary D |editor-link=Mary Lobel |year=1964 |chapter=Stoke Talmage |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds |series=Victoria County History |place=London |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research |pages=198–210 |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol8/pp198-210 }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1974 |series=The Buildings of England |title=Oxfordshire |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=789–790 }}