Place:South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England

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South Stoke is a village and civil parish on an east bank of the Thames, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Goring-on-Thames in the South Oxfordshire District. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to its north of the village is the hamlet and manor house of Littlestoke (or Stoke Marmion). In the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 458.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel built Moulsford Railway Bridge in 1839-40.

Littlestoke

Littlestoke is a hamlet on the River Thames sometimes seen in texts as "Little Stoke". It is located on the old road that linked Wallingford and Reading via Goring Heath.

Littlestoke has a manor house, still a farmhouse with a smaller estate than previously, which has three outlying associated barns, listed for their architecture.

Until at least 1920 A ferryman used to be available to cross the Thames to Cholsey.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 7, chapter on South Stoke.
• A map illustrating the parishes of southeast Oxfordshire as of 1900 will be found under Dorchester Hundred
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.