Stoke Talmage

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Stoke Talmage
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St Mary Magdalene parish church
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Stoke Talmage
Location within Oxfordshire
Population49 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SU6799
Civil parish
  • Stoke Talmage
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Thame
Postcode district OX9
Dialling code 01844
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
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51°41′17″N1°01′16″W / 51.688°N 1.021°W / 51.688; -1.021 Coordinates: 51°41′17″N1°01′16″W / 51.688°N 1.021°W / 51.688; -1.021

Stoke Talmage is a village and civil parish 4+12 miles (7 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 49. [1] Because the parish population is below 100, the 2011 Census combined its figures with the output area for the civil parishes of Adwell and Shirburn. [2]

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Notable buildings

Stoke Talmage seems to have had a parish church since the 11th century, although the first clear historical reference to it dates from 1219. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene was restored in 1758. In 1860 it was restored again and extended to plans by George Gilbert Scott. [3] St Mary Magdalene Rectory was built in 1752. It was extended in 1820 by the builder and architect Daniel Harris. [4]

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References

  1. "Area selected: South Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. Parish: Key Statistics: Population. (2011 census In particular the maps annexed to both definitions and data sets are identical. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. Lobel 1964, pp. 198–210.
  4. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 790.

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