Stoke Rochford is a small village and civil parish near Grantham in Lincolnshire.
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Geography
For administration purposes, the parish is shared with Easton, which also has a country estate of its own. Stoke Rochford's church is in the parish of Easton, and so is the post office. The southern boundary of the parish follows the road, east-west, that crosses the A1 at a dangerous junction. The parish extends westwards to the Leicestershire boundary and the north edge of Saltby Airfield near the Viking Way. It follows the Lincolnshire boundary northwards for about 400 metres. North of the parish here is Wyville cum Hungerton. The parish extends to around 1 mile north of the village to North Lodge Plantation, where there is a bend westwards in the A1 as it approaches Great Ponton, which is the parish north of here. The parish extends est to the point where Ermine Street meets the East Coast Main Line. The bridge is actually just inside Great Ponton parish. Just under a mile of the line is in the parish, including the Stoke Tunnel. Just to the east is Stoke Tunnel Farm, which is actually in Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe. Just south of Stoke Tunnel is Highdyke Farm. South of here is the large Stoke Park Wood, and the eastern boundary here follows the railway line until it meets Easton parish, just south of Old Park Wood. It also borders here with Burton Coggles, just north of Sleight's Wood.
The Cringle Brook flows northwards from the village and on the opposite side of the A1 is the River Witham.
History
Hall
It is most notable for its beautiful Stoke Rochford Hall, designed by William Burn and built in 1815, which was gutted by fire on January 25 2005. This is the NUT's national training centre, and a popular and picturesque venue for conferences and wedding receptions. Until the late 1970s, it was known as Kesteven College of Education, a teacher training college.
On 28 April 1945, a Canadian (RCAF) an Avro Lancaster crashed in the grounds of the Hall. In December 2009, the Hall was named the Les Routiers Best Country Retreat in the UK.
Local enterprise
There is a golf club and Welland Enterprise, who give advice to local small businesses, are based on Cringle Road. The church is part of the Colsterworth group of churches. The small village has a post office. About nine miles south on the A1 is the Greetham Valley Golf Club, which offers similar packages to what the Hall and the Golf Club provide, but without the scenery.
Opposite the golf course in a former restaurant, a shop for adult products began operating in 2009. It is called Pulse and Cocktails.
The village's most famous current residents are Geoff Capes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale. Her husband, Neil, is on the parish council (Stoke Rochford and Easton).
See also
External links
- Stoke Rochford Hall
- National Union of Teachers
- Parish Council
- Welland Enterprise
- Golf Club
- Seniors Golf Club
- Church of St Mary and St Andrew
- The Meeting Venue
- Pulse and Cocktails
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