Place:Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

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NameStoke Dry
Alt namesStoke-Drysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Located inRutland, England
See alsoGartree Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included until 1885
Wrangdyke Hundred, Rutland, Englandhundred in which the parish was included within Rutland
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Stoke Dry is a village in the small county of Rutland in England, about three miles (5 km) southwest of Uppingham.

In 2007 it had a population of 39. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was combined with and published under that of the neighbouring civil parish of Seaton. With only 14 homes this is a quiet village with a mediaeval church dedicated to Saint Andrew. The parish church has mediaeval wall paintings and Romanesque chancel arch. A myth claims that the Gunpowder Plot conspirators met in a small room above the porch; the only basis for this is that the manor was part of the estate of Sir Everard Digby.

Stoke Dry is known as the site of the Eyebrook Reservoir located at the bottom of the hill. The reservoir was used by Lancaster Bombers flying from RAF Scampton as the final practice run for Guy Gibson's No. 617 Squadron RAF prior to Operation Chastise, the Dambusters attack on the Ruhr valley dams on the night of the 16/17 May 1943.

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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Stoke Dry from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"STOKE-DRY, a parish in Uppingham [registration] district, comprising [Stoke Dry] township in Rutland, and Holy-Oakes liberty in Leicester; and lying 2½ miles N by W of Rockingham [railway] station. Post town, Uppingham. Acres: 1,800. Rated property: £2,492. Population: 53. Houses: 9. The property belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £420. Patron: the Marquis of Exeter. The church is old but good.

Due to the presence of Holy Oakes within its boundaries, Stoke Dry was considered to be partly in Leicestershire until 1885. In that year Holy Oakes was removed from Stoke Dry and transferred to the parish of Stockerston in Leicestershire. Only 1 house was included in the transfer. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

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