Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire - Church (by Constable 1833) - art postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  John Constable - Stoke Poges Church watercolour dated 1833
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum (c.1960s)
• Postally used: no
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• Notes / condition: near mint

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Stoke Poges is a green-buffered scattered village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north-north-east of Slough (historically Upton-cum-Chalvey), its post town, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Farnham Common.

Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is believed to have been written in the churchyard Parish Church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, also known as the Stoke Poges Church.[citation needed] Other churches have claimed the honour, including St Laurence's Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey and St Mary's in Everdon, Northamptonshire.

Gray's Monument, Stoke Poges

Gray is buried at St Giles'. John Penn "of Stoke" had a large monument built by James Wyatt, displaying verses from the Elegy. It is adjacent to St Giles' and owned by the National Trust.

A lychgate which is now located in the middle of the churchyard was designed by J.Oldrin Scott and completed in 1887.[16]

A gothic style rectory having a battlemented parapet was built by James Wyatt, 1802-1804 for John Penn of Stoke Park. It is now a private residence called Elegy House.[17]