Medieval and Manuscripts

Church of St Giles, Stoke Poges

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.

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See also

• ▸Grote Kerk, Haarlem
• ▸Girardoni air rifle
• ▸Grade I listed churches in Cheshire

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