Stoke St Gregory History Pages
NEW September 2023 - A Date For Your Diary
On Tuesday 10th October 2023 Dave Evans will be giving a presentation on Local History to the members of Stoke Women's Institute at the village hall. This meeting, which starts at 7 pm, has been made an 'Open Meeting', which means that anyone is able to attend - female or male. There will be a £4 entrance fee for non-members.
This will be a photographic trip around the village, looking at a few of the old characters and where they lived and worked. If you are 'local' come along and enjoy your heritage (and put Dave right where he's wrong!). If you are, like me, a 'comer in', join us and take a peek at the back story of this amazing village.
NEW March 2023 Stoke History Years
New - September 2023
Chard, Local Hero - Click HERE
Basketry in the Nursery - Click HERE
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New - June 2023
More Dialect - Click HERE
Marjorie Pearce - Click HERE
1882: Village Farms - Click HERE
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New - May 2023
Family Names - Click HERE
Parcel Post Basketry - Click HERE
Windmills - Click HERE
Coronation 1953 - Click HERE
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*NEW - April 2023*
Rail Crash at Wick - Click HERE
Church Open Weekend - Click HERE
Stoke Dialect - Click HERE
Down The Years - Click HERE
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*NEW - March 2023*
Paintings & Drawings - Click HERE
Doreen Loveridge - Click HERE
Stoke in 1923 - Click HERE
Man Alive 1967 (Part 4) - Click HERE
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*NEW - February 2023*
Trouble at Chapel - Click HERE
Parish Book - Click HERE
School Log Book - Click HERE
BBC Man Alive 1967 (Part 3) - Click HERE
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*NEW - January 2023*
!!! HELP !!! - Click HERE
Floods - Click HERE
Thomas William House - Click HERE
Basketry: Picnic Hampers - Click HERE
New Year 1873 - Click HERE
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*NEW - December 2022*
Xmas Greetings - Click HERE
BBC Man Alive 1967 (Part 2) - Click HERE
Open Fields - Click HERE
BBC Man Alive 1967 - Click HERE
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*NEW - November 2022*
Stoke in 1931 - Click HERE
Frozen Southlake Moor - Click HERE
Property Sales - Click HERE
More Misdemeanours - Click HERE
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*NEW - October 2022*
Baptist Church - Click HERE
Stoke in 1949 - Click HERE
Basketry, Eel Traps - Click HERE
Village Horses - Click HERE
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*NEW - September 2022*
Royal Oak, The Nicholas Years 2 - Click HERE
The Village Commons - Click HERE
Royal Oak, The Nicholas Years 1 - Click HERE
Field Names - Click HERE
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*NEW - June 2022*
The Parish Council - Click HERE
The 1901 Census - Click HERE
Parish Church Windows - Click HERE
Basketry: Delivery Cycles - Click HERE
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*NEW - May 2022*
Platinum Jubilee - Click HERE
Withy Stripping - Click HERE
Football, Part 1 - Click HERE
More Skittles - Click HERE
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*NEW - April 2022*
Skittle Photos - Click HERE
Baby Scales & Norman Upham - Click HERE
Lantern Slides from the 1930s - Click HERE
1938 - Village Snapshot - Click HERE
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*NEW - March 2022*
The Mardy, Woodhill - Click HERE
Stoke School Photographs - Click HERE
Stoke's New School - Click HERE
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*NEW - February 2022*
A Visit to the Parish Church - Click HERE
1952 Stoke School - Click HERE
Crime & Punishment - Click HERE
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*NEW - January 2022*
Basketry: Sports & Pastimes - Click HERE
200, 150, & 100 Years Ago News - Click HERE
The Railway Revisited - Click HERE
Athelney Station - Click HERE
Stoke Stampede - Click HERE
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*NEW - December 2021*
Christmas Past - Click HERE
100 Years Ago: 1921 - Click HERE
The Village Clock - Click HERE
World War 2 Baskets - Click HERE
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*NEW - November 2021*
The 'Cut' on the River Tone - Click HERE
West Sedgemoor - Click HERE
The Moors of the Village - Click HERE
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*NEW - October 2021*
Basketry: Children's Carriages - Click HERE
Listed Buildings - Click HERE
Basketry: Covered Jars - Click HERE
Burton Pynsent Monument - Click HERE
Burrowbridge Toll Gate - Click HERE
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*NEW - September 2021*
GALLERIES 6 - Old Stoke Photos - Click HERE
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*NEW - June 2021*
GALLERIES 5 - Centenary Fair 1994 - Click HERE
GALLERIES 4 - Pram Race 1977 - Click HERE
Royal Oak, the Early Days - Click HERE
Stoke Club & Club Day - Click HERE
Reeves Feast, the Local Charity - Click HERE
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*NEW - May 2021*
Rose & Crown, the Early Days - Click HERE
Old Beerhouses - Click HERE
World War 2, the Home Guard - Click HERE
GALLERIES No 3 - VE Day 1995 - Click HERE
World War 2, the Home Front - Click HERE
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*NEW - April 2021*
Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Click HERE
Barlby Road School Evacuees - Click HERE
GALLERIES No 2 - Raft Race 1988? - Click HERE
Stoke Farms in 1952 - Click HERE
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*NEW - March 2021*
Adverts from the Parish Magazine - Click HERE
Stoke Shop - The First 100 Years - Click HERE
Aerial Photos - Click HERE
GALLERIES No 1 - Pete & Lin's Farewell, 1988 - Click HERE
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*NEW - February 2021*
Wicker Chair Makers - click HERE
Egg Shackling - click HERE
The Skimmerton Ride - click HERE
*NEW - January 2021*
Blacksmiths of Stoke St Gregory - click HERE
The Mud Huts of Athelney - click HERE
1890s
Click HERE for a separate site with stories and news clippings from down the years
1953
Stoke is a Somerset village made up of several hamlets. It sits astride the sandstone ridge between North Curry and the River Parrett, and spreads down to the low lying moors to the north and south.
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We hope you enjoy browsing our history pages. There is much more information out there and any help finding it would be appreciated. You will notice some 'Read more . . .' links on some pages (at the moment just look at the 'TRANSPORT/Rivers' page to see how things are planned). The aim is to have these on each section of each page! Anyone wanting to contribute to the site, please get in touch. Words and pictures can be put in a new web page, or there can be a link to a downloadable file or pictures relating to a particular subject.
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Some photos are attributed to individuals, otherwise they all remain copyright of Stoke History Group. If you think copyright is being breached by the use of any photos, or if you have any comments about what's on the site or have any photos or information you would like to share, please get in touch: gregorystoke@aol.com