Stewkley, Buckinghamshire

Description
Stewkley, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Bucks, 5 miles WNW of Leighton Buzzard station on the main line of the L. & N.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leighton Buzzard. Acreage, 3982; population, 1328. The manor belongs to the Hanmer family The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £275 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The parochial church is a very interesting edifice, dating probably from about the middle of the 12th century, and consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a massive central tower with pinnacles. It is said to be one of the most beautiful and perfect specimens of a Norman church in England. A small church was erected in 1866 at the S end of the village, and there are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. The hamlets are Stewkley Dean and Littlecote.