Country: | England |
Official Name: | Stoke Doyle |
Coordinates: | 52.466°N -0.495°W |
Civil Parish: | Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe[1] |
Unitary England: | North Northamptonshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Corby |
Post Town: | Peterborough |
Postcode District: | PE8 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Dial Code: | 01832 |
Os Grid Reference: | TL0286 |
Stoke Doyle is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire in England, two miles south-west of Oundle. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Wadenhoe.
The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by John de Oyly in 1286.[2]
It is represented on the parish council of Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe,[3] and on North Northamptonshire council. Before changes in 2021 it was previously represented on East Northamptonshire District Council[4] and Northamptonshire County Council. Stoke Doyle is part of the Corby constituency, represented at the House of Commons by Tom Pursglove.[5]
Stoke Doyle is two miles south-west of the town of Oundle, on the road between there and Wadenhoe. A stream running through the village rises in Lilford Wood and flows into the River Nene.[6]
At the time of the 1991 census, the parish population was 64 people, living in a total of 29 houses.[4]
Stoke Doyle's church, dedicated to Saint Rumbold,[7] stands to the east of the road[6] and was built between 1722 and 1725.[4] The village has a pub, the Shuckburgh Arms.[8] A sign on the road claims the village is twinned with the Catalan city of Barcelona, but it's just a joke by one villager.[9]