| Official Name: | Stoke Fleming |
| Civil Parish: | Stoke Fleming |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | South West England |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 803 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
| Static Image: | St Peter's Church, Stoke Fleming - geograph.org.uk - 192196.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Peter's Church, Stoke Fleming |
Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north end of Start Bay and within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,012, compared to 708 in 1901,[2] reducing again to 803 at the 2011 census[3] The parish is a major part of the Skerries electoral ward. The ward's total population at the same census was 1,927.[4] Stoke Fleming a primary school, library[5] and a football club.[6]
The village is of ancient foundation, being recorded in the Domesday Book as Stoc, and the personal name le Flemeng is first recorded in connection with the village in 1218.[7]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter, it was recorded as having a rector in 1272, was enlarged during the 14th century and was subject to a major restoration in 1871–2.
Earmund of Stoke Fleming a saint of Anglo-Saxon England, reputed to be buried here, was the local patron saint[8] of the village, being recorded as venerated in 1364AD[9] and 1419AD.[10]
George Parker Bidder, once known as "the Calculating Boy", is buried in its graveyard. It was historically part of the Coleridge hundred.[11]