Attractions
Stokesay is famous for Stokesay Castle, a fortified manor house and one of the best preserved and oldest examples of the type in the country.
The hamlet, which even today comprises just a church, dedicated to St John the Baptist and a rare example of the Commonwealth style (having been rebuilt during the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell's rule), a working farm and a few houses. It was previously known as simply "Stoke". This widespread English placename means 'enclosure'.
The film Atonement was filmed in part near Stokesay.
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