| Name | Stoke Golding |
| Alt names | Stoke-Golding | source: Family History Library Catalog |
| Type | Civil parish, Suburb |
| Coordinates | 52.567°N 1.4°W |
| Located in | Leicestershire, England |
| See also | Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire, England | hundred in which the parish was included | | Hinckley Rural, Leicestershire, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1936 | | Hinckley, Leicestershire, England | urban district of which it was part 1936-1974 | | Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Stoke Golding is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth District, located in the heart of England, in southwest Leicestershire, close to the Warwickshire county border. According to the 2001 census the total population was 1,721, living in just over 700 houses. The village is 16 miles from the City of Leicester, about three miles north-west of the market town of Hinckley, and 4 miles along scenic country lanes from the village of Fenny Drayton, the birthplace and childhood home of George Fox (the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) movement).
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Categories: Leicestershire, England | Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, England | Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire, England | Hinckley Rural, Leicestershire, England | Hinckley, Leicestershire, England | Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, England |
