Churchstoke
Churchstoke is a village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Located in the southeast of the Vale of Montgomery, it is overlooked by Todleth Hill, Roundton Hill and Corndon Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,670 residents
- Description: village and community in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Church Stoke”, “Church Stoke, Powys”, “Churchstoke, Powys”, and “Yr Ystog”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Nicholas Church, Churchstoke and Roundton Hill.
St Nicholas Church, Churchstoke
Church
Photo: anne newcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas's Church, formerly called St Mary's Church until 1881, is a Church of England parish church in Churchstoke, Powys, Wales. The church's current building is largely the result of 19th-century reconstruction, but it retains its 13th-century tower with a later timber belfry.
Roundton Hill
Peak
Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roundton Hill is a rounded, steep sided, 1,210 feet hill, volcanic in origin, in the easternmost part of old Montgomeryshire, Wales, which juts into the English border near Church Stoke.
Mellington Hall
Hotel
Photo: Paul Beaman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mellington Hall is a hotel, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Churchstoke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brompton and Pentreheyling.
Brompton
Hamlet
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies on the A489 between Church Stoke and Newtown at its junction with the B4385. The hamlet is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England by road without first passing through Wales. Brompton is situated 1½ miles west of Churchstoke.
Pentreheyling
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Beaman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentreheyling is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies just west of Brompton on the A489 between Church Stoke and Newtown. The hamlet is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England by road without first passing through Wales. Pentreheyling is situated 2 miles west of Churchstoke.
Priestweston
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priestweston is a small village in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, lying in the Welsh Marches. The village is located near to the English-Welsh border, at the foot of Corndon Hill. Priestweston is situated 2½ miles northeast of Churchstoke.
Churchstoke
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Churchstoke, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.54061° or 52° 32′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.07303° or 3° 4′ 23″ westPopulation
1,670Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)Open location code
9C4RGWRG+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 268225765OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653024Wikidata ID
Q5116688
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Churchstoke” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Church Stoke”
- Breton: “Yr Ystog”
- Bulgarian: “Чурчстоке”
- Catalan: “Yr Ystog”
- Cebuano: “Churchstoke”
- Chinese: “Church Stoke”
- Cornish: “Yr Ystog”
- Dutch: “Church Stoke”
- French: “Churchstoke”
- Irish: “Yr Ystog”
- Italian: “Church Stoke”
- Italian: “Churchstoke”
- Italian: “Yr Ystog”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Church Stoke”
- Persian: “چرچ استوک”
- Russian: “Черчстоук”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Yr Ystog”
- Spanish: “Churchstoke”
- Swedish: “Churchstoke”
- Welsh: “Churchstoke”
- Welsh: “Yr Ystog”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Court House and The Horse and Jockey.
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