Author Description

The village is ancient and the author reveals that many aspects of the medieval settlement still survive. At the time of Domesday Book, with its church, two mills and 22 plough teams it was as big as Woking. As the inhabitants put in their petition to the King in 1628... âe~the parishioners have always maintained watch and ward... at Stokeâe(tm). "... a wealth of material and the publishers, Phillimore, have designed and presented this book extremely well. Surrey Advertiser