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Stewkley ist ein Dorf und Civil parish in der Grafschaft Buckinghamshire in England. [1] 2011 lebten 1840 Einwohner im Civil parish Stewkley. [2] Söhne und Töchter der Gemeinde. Al Murray (* 1968), Comedian, Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, TV- und Radiomoderator. Weblinks. Commons: Stewkley – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien.
Stewkley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) east of Winslow and about 4 miles (6 km) west of Leighton Buzzard. The civil parish includes the hamlets of North End and Stewkley Dean.
Stewkley is a village and parish in the Cottesloe Hundred of Buckinghamshire. The village is about five miles east of Winslow and about four miles west of Leighton Buzzard. The civil parish includes the hamlets of North End and Stewkley Dean. The toponym Stewkley is derived from the Old English for woodland clearing with tree stumps.
The Wikipedia entry places Stewkley in "Buckinghamshire, England", "located in the Aylesbury Vale, about five miles east of Winslow, four miles west of Leighton Buzzard." An old saying "Stewkley, Bucks - all chickens and no ducks" recalls a time when Ducks were reared in the villages of the Vale of Aylesbury.
There is medieval ridge-and-furrow around the parish. Stewkley medieval village enclosure ditch has been surveyed at Upper and Lower Dean Farm, where there are also earthworks of a more extensive medieval village. There is also a medieval moat and fishpond at Old Leighton Farm, which was a grange, where medieval roof tile has also been found.
Shuckburgh baronets, of Shuckburgh, Warwickshire (1660) Sir Gerald Francis Stewkley Shuckburgh, 11th Baronet (1882–1939). The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Peter Gerald William Shuckburgh (born 1982).
Today, Stewkley still relies on it's agricultural foundation together with a mix of small scale industry and some families with breadwinners that commute to London, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. Our village enjoys a strong community spirit, with more than the expected number of active clubs and organisations.
