Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)
Stoke Poges Parish
Church: St Giles
Hundred: Stoke
Poor Law District: Eton
Size (acres): 3465
Easting & Northing: 498183
Grid Ref SU980830 Click to see map
Articles
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Stoke Poges
Description of Stoke Poges, from J.J. Sheahan, 1861.
Stoke Poges
Stoke Poges Parish, with part of Slough (Pop. 1,252) Six Daily Schools, one contains 64 children, endowed with ú30 per annum and a school-house, for which 30 males and 10 females are instructed; 10 others are paid for by the parish, the rest by their parents; two others respectively contai
Stoke Poges
The school in School Lane was originally the school for the boys and the girls of Stoke Poges and Wexham. It was a Board School, built in the 1870's, and replaced the old school in Rogers Lane. It was three schools in one, an infants for all up to the age of seven, and for above that age two segrega
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Places
| Name | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Stoke Poges | PARISH | St Giles |
| Stoches | NAMES | name for Stoke in Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Stokbogies | NAMES | name for Stoke Poges in 1526 |
| Stoke Pogys | NAMES | name for Stoke Poges in 1514 |
| Methodist | NON-CONFORMIST | First Mentioned: 1845 |
| Berry (Fm) | PLACE | within the parish |
| Ditton | PLACE | within the parish |
Photographs
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Population
These population figures are based on the Census results. The boundaries are those used in the particular census which may vary over time..
| Note | |
| 1801 | 741 |
| 1811 | 838 |
| 1821 | 1073 |
| 1831 | 1252 |
| 1841 | 1528 |
| 1851 | 1501 |
| 1861 | 1600 |
| 1871 | 1850 |
| 1881 | 2150 |
| 1891 | 2356 |
| 1901 | 3175 |
| 1911 | 1433 |
| 1921 | 1701 |
| 1931 | 2110 |
| 1941 | N/A |
| 1951 | 2470 |
| 1961 | 3886 |
| 1971 | 4896 |
| 1981 | 4851 |
| 1991 | 4356 |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
| Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Poges | Ditton Chapel | Baptisms | 1763 | 1812 | Not available | Yes, click here | Not available | Stoke Poges | St Giles | Baptisms | 1837 | 1891 | Not available | Yes, click here | Not available | Stoke Poges | St Giles | Baptisms | 1564 | 1763 | Not available | Yes, click here | Not available | Stoke Poges | St Giles | Marriages | 1564 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available | Stoke Poges | St Giles | Burials | 1564 | 1902 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available |
Surnames
These were extracted from our own records and presented as a guide.
| Position | Before 1700 | 18th Century | 19th Century | Overall Surnames |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GROOME | GROVE | ELDERFIELD | TURNER |
| 2 | HILL | TURNER | TURNER | GROVE |
| 3 | SNAPES | BUCKLAND | HUGHES | GROOME |
| 4 | GROME | CLARKE | DAVIS | BUCKLAND |
| 5 | RANDALL | GROOM | DEAN | CLARKE |
| 6 | WARD | TAYLOR | STEVENS | SMITH |
| 7 | WOOD | SMITH | GROVES | DEAN |
| 8 | SAUNDERS | CLARK | BUCKLAND | ELDERFIELD |
| 9 | FRENCH | BUNBY | DEVONSHIRE | DAVIS |
| 10 | GROOM | HESTER | GROVE | TAYLOR |