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| Name | Churchstoke |
| Alt names | Yr Ystog | source: Welsh translation | | Church Stoke | source: Wikipedia | | Bacheldre | source: township in parish | | Lower Hopton | source: township in parish | | Hopton Isaf | source: Welsh translation of above | | Upper Hopton | source: township in parish | | Hopton Uchaf | source: Welsh translation of above | | Hurdley | source: township in parish | | Mellington | source: township in parish | | Weston-Madoc | source: township in parish | | Weston Madog | source: Welsh translation of above |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.533°N 3.077°W |
| Located in | Montgomeryshire, Wales (1866 - 1974) |
| Also located in | Shropshire, England ( - 1866) | | Powys, Wales (1974 - ) |
| See also | Chirbury Hundred, Shropshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Cawrse Hundred, Montgomeryshire, Wales | hundred in which it was located |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Churchstoke from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "CHURCH-STOKE, a township in the [registration] district and county of Montgomery[shire]; and a parish in the [registration] district of Montgomery, and counties of Montgomery[shire] and Salop [Shropshire]. The township lies on Offa's dyke and the river Camlet, near the Oswestry and Newtown railway, 3¼ miles SE of Montgomery; and has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres: 1,560. Real property: £1,939. Population: 1,369. Houses: 283.
- "The parish contains also the townships of Bacheldre, Lower Hopton, Upper Hopton, Weston-Madoc, Hurdley, and Mellington in Montgomery[shire], and the townships of Brompton and Rhiston in Salop. Acres: 10,547. Real property: £9,314. Population: 1,545. Houses: 314. The property is much subdivided. Lead ore is found. Traces of British and Roman camps appear. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value: £151. Patron: the Earl of Powis. The church is good. Charities, £13."
Churchstoke was predominantly in Montgomeryshire, Wales, but the township of Brompton and Rhiston was (and is) in Shropshire, England.
In 1933 Churchstoke absorbed the neighbouring parishes of Aston, Hyssington and Snead in Montgomeryshire, and Castlewright, which until that time had been in Shropshire.
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia which defines Churchstoke in 2018
Churchstoke or Church Stoke (Welsh: Yr Ystog) is a village, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales. It is overlooked by Todleth Hill, Roundton Hill and Corndon Hill. The rivers Caebitra and Camlad have their confluence just outside the village. The nearest town is [[Place:Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales|Montgomery].
The community of Churchstoke covers a wider area than the village, including the neighbouring village of Hyssington. Recently the detached part of the community around Weston Madoc was transferred to Montgomery's community.
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