About Stewkley
Stewkley is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5mi east of Winslow and about 4mi west of Leighton Buzzard. The civil parish includes the hamlets of North End and Stewkley Dean. The toponym Stewkley is derived from the Old English for woodland clearing with tree stumps. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Stiuclai. HistoryThe principal manor in Stewkley was once held by the son of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was an occasional visitor to the village. The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels is one of the least-altered of England's 6, 000 Norman churches. There is a Methodist chapel in High Street South. St Michael's Church of England Combined School teaches children aged 4–11. Stewkley has one of the longest village high streets in Britain, a title also claimed by Combe Martin in Devon, whose 2mi high street is not as continuously populated as Stewkley's high street. Southeast of the village is Aylesbury Vale Golf Club.
Stewkley Description
Stewkley is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5mi east of Winslow and about 4mi west of Leighton Buzzard. The civil parish includes the hamlets of North End and Stewkley Dean. The toponym Stewkley is derived from the Old English for woodland clearing with tree stumps. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Stiuclai. HistoryThe principal manor in Stewkley was once held by the son of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was an occasional visitor to the village. The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels is one of the least-altered of England's 6, 000 Norman churches. There is a Methodist chapel in High Street South. St Michael's Church of England Combined School teaches children aged 4–11. Stewkley has one of the longest village high streets in Britain, a title also claimed by Combe Martin in Devon, whose 2mi high street is not as continuously populated as Stewkley's high street. Southeast of the village is Aylesbury Vale Golf Club.