Geography
For administration purposes the parish is joined with Easton, which also has a country estate. Stoke Rochford's church is in the parish of Easton, as is the post office.
The southern boundary of the parish follows the road, east-west, that crosses the A1 . 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 440 yards (402.3 m). North of the parish is Wyville cum Hungerton. The parish extends about 1 mile (1.6 km) 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 Stoke Rochford. The parish extends east to the point where Ermine Street meets the East Coast Main Line. The bridge is 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 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. Here it also borders 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.
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