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  Stoke Fleming Location within Devon | |
| Population | 803 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north end of Start Bay and within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,012, compared to 708 in 1901,[2] reducing again to 803 at the 2011 census[3] The parish is a major part of the Skerries electoral ward. The ward's total population at the same census was 1,927.[4] Stoke Fleming a primary school, library[5] and a football club.[6]
The village is of ancient foundation, being recorded in the Domesday BookasStoc, and the personal name le Flemeng is first recorded in connection with the village in 1218.[7]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter, it was recorded as having a rector in 1272, was enlarged during the 14th century and was subject to a major restoration in 1871–2.[2]
Earmund of Stoke FlemingasaintofAnglo-Saxon England, reputed to be buried here, was the local patron saint[8] of the village, being recorded as venerated in 1364AD[9] and 1419AD.[10]
George Parker Bidder, once known as "the Calculating Boy", is buried in its graveyard.[11] It was historically part of the Coleridge hundred.[12]
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