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  1. Composed over a number of years, the poem is believed to reference Stoke Poges, a village with which Gray had a close association throughout his life and where he was staying when he completed the poem in 1750. The poem has 32 four-line stanzas. Here is the first: The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and ...

  2. Contact us to check availability before applying (as payments are non-refundable) on 01753 523 744 or [email protected]. Once you've confirmed availability, fill out the Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens photography application form (PDF,196KB), pay the £57 fee and return the form to [email protected]. Filming or recording is not allowed.

  3. St Giles' Church is an active parish church in the village of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England. A Grade I listed building, it stands in the grounds of Stoke Park, a late-Georgian mansion built by John Penn. It is famous as the apparent inspiration for Thomas Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; Gray is buried in the churchyard.

  4. The gardens were opened on 25 May 1935 and their 80th anniversary was commemorated in 2015. The gardens are maintained and managed by Buckinghamshire Council. The Memorial Gardens were designed by Edward White, a partner of Milner, White and Son, a leading landscape architect firm of the day. The Gardens were to contain no buildings nor ...

  5. Stoke Poges, South Bucks District, Buckinghamshire, England Add to Map Plot North side of altar on a memorial brass are the effigies of a knight and his lady with their Arms and an inscription.

  6. Memorial gardens laid out in the 1930s, with informal lawns surrounding a central avenue and formal garden, designed by Milner, Son and White, Landscape Architects. LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING. Stoke Poges Gardens lie at the southern end of the village of Stoke Poges, adjacent to the C18/C19 landscaped Stoke Park, 3km north ...

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  8. Sep 30, 2024 · Stoke Poges, Parish Church of St Giles. Architectural Description — The Chancel (32 ft. by 16½ ft.) has a 15th-century E. window, partly restored, of three lights and tracery under a four-centred head, with a moulded external label. The lower part of the N. wall is of early 12th-century flint-work, set in herringbone pattern; in the wall are ...

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