Stoke Golding is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, which lies in the heart of England, in South West Leicestershire, close to the Warwickshire county border. According to the 2001 census the total population was 1,721, living in just over 700 houses. The village is 16 miles from the City of Leicester, about three miles north-west of the market town of Hinckley, and 4 miles along scenic country lanes from the village of Fenny Drayton, the birth place and childhood home of George Fox (the founder of the worldwide Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) movement). Stoke Golding has an impressive Grade 1 listed Saxon church, that of St Margaret of Antioch, a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leicester. The church is roughly in the centre of the village, and is a good example of the churches of that period of time. The primary school children (4 years to 11 years) of Stoke Golding and nearby villages mostly attend the well respected St Margret's Church of England Primary School that is located next to the church within the village. The village is bordered on one side by the Ashby Canal, well used for recreational purposes. There is a Methodist church in the village that was first opened in 1857. Three pubs and The Stoke Golding Club have regular entertainment.
History
The claim to the birthplace of the Tudors is also claimed by Penmynydd on Anglesey.
Notable people
- Sir Henry Firebrace
- Martine Croxall - English journalist and television news presenter.
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