- Limpley Stoke
Limpley Stoke is a medium-sized village in
West Wiltshire , below theA36 road in the Avon Valley, between Bath andFreshford . Limpley Stokecivil parish also includes the hamlet of Waterhouse, and the outskirts of the Somerset village ofMidford , and had a population of 637 in 2001. [ [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?item=Limpley%20Stoke Wiltshire Community History Limpley Stoke Census Information] . Retrieved on October 25, 2006.] The village has two pubs, one of which, The Hop Pole, was used in the filming of The Remains of the Day withAnthony Hopkins . Limpley Stoke railway station, on theWessex Main Line , is closed and in private hands. It was the junction station for the former branch line toCamerton, Somerset , on whichThe Titfield Thunderbolt was filmed.Church
The Church of St Mary dates from the 10th century and is a grade II*
listed building . [cite web | title=Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=314534 | accessdate=2006-10-25]Notable residents
*
Miles Kington (13 May 1941 – 30 January 2008)References
ee also
*Neighbouring civil parishes (clockwise from north):
**Monkton Combe –small Somerset village
**Winsley –small Wiltshire village
**Freshford –Somerset village
**Southstoke –small Somerset villageExternal links
* [http://www.limpleystoke.org www.limpleystoke.org] –news and information on the village and village life
* [http://www.freshford.com/limpley_home.htm Limpley Stoke Web] –collection of maps, photographs and other sources for local history and genealogy
* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=139 Limpley Stoke] at Wiltshire Community History fromWiltshire County Council
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