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'''Stoke Mandeville''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the Vale of Aylesbury in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is located 3three miles (4.9 km) from Aylesbury and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the market town of [[Wendover]]. Although a separate civil parish, the village falls within the [[Aylesbury Urban Area]]. According to the Census Report the area of this parish is {{convert|1460|acre|km2}}.
 
[[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]], although named after the village, is located on the [[parish]]'s border within Aylesbury. The hospital has the largest spinal injuries ward in Europe, and is best known internationally as the birthplace of the [[Paralympics|Paralympic]] movement; the [[Stoke Mandeville Games]], instituted inat the hospital by [[Sir Ludwig Guttmann]] in 1948 evolved to become the first [[1960 Paralympic Games|Paralympic Games]] in [[Rome]] in 1960, which were also the 9th Stoke Mandeville Games. Stoke Mandeville washospital and stadium were also joint host of the [[1984 Summer Paralympics]] with [[New York City|New York]], with the wheelchair elements of the Games being held inat the village.hospital Theand village of Stoke Mandeville remains by far the smallest official host of a modern Olympic or Paralympic Gamesstadium.
 
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, although in Aylesbury, gave its name to the Paralympic Games mascot, [[Wenlock and Mandeville|Mandeville]], in 2012.
The village continues to be known for its association with the Paralympic Games, being part of the Paralympic torch relay in every Games since 2012 (its contribution known as the 'Legacy flame'), and giving its name to the Paralympic Games mascot, [[Wenlock and Mandeville|Mandeville]], in 2012.Now a days it is in time line due to a 1080 years old church and grave yard found with about 3000 thousands bodies in church burial ground. It was found in May 2021 according to bbc://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58477080.amp&ved=2ahUKEwjSutyeiPTyAhWcgUsFHZHnAyUQFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3w.It was fell due to disrepair or a new church was built in 1908.
 
==History==
The village was originally recorded as ''Stoches'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, from the [[Old English language|Old English]] word ''stoc'' meaning an outlying [[farm]] or [[hamlet (UK place)|hamlet]]. The suffix Mandeville was first recorded in 1284 when the [[Manorialism|manor]] was listed as being in the hands of the powerful Norman de Mandeville family. The former [[medieval]] parish church, St Mary the Virgin, on the outskirts of the village was condemned in the mid 20th Century and was demolished in January 1966 by the [[Royal Engineers]]. As of May, 2021, an archeological exploration is investigating the grounds with its approximately 3,000 burials, and has opened a museum.<ref name=ROBnotes>{{cite journal |date=1965 |title=Notes |url=http://www.bucksas.org.uk/rob/rob_17_5_0.pdf |journal=Records of Buckinghamshire |volume=17 (part 5) |pages=417 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> The newer red brick parish church of [[Mary, the mother of Jesus|St Mary]], consecrated in July 1866 by Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce, remains as the only church in the village apart from the [[Methodist]] church in Eskdale Road.
 
The village was originally recorded as ''Stoches'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, from the [[Old English language|Old English]] word ''stoc'' meaning an outlying [[farm]] or [[hamlet (UK place)|hamlet]]. The suffix Mandeville was first recorded in 1284 when the [[Manorialism|manor]] was listed as being in the hands of the powerful Norman [[de Mandeville]] family.
Stoke Mandeville was also the location of the [[Stoke Mandeville Games]], which first took place in 1948 thanks to doctor [[Ludwig Guttmann]] and are now known as the [[IWAS World Games]]. The Games, which were held eight times at Stoke Mandeville, were the inspiration for the first [[Paralympic Games]], also called ''The Stoke Mandeville Games'', which were organised in [[Rome]] in 1960. The wheelchair aspects of the [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Paralympics]] were also held in the village. The London [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] mascot, [[Wenlock and Mandeville|Mandeville]], was named after the village due to its legacy with the Games. [[Stoke Mandeville Stadium]] was developed alongside the hospital and is the National Centre for Disability Sport in the United Kingdom, enhancing the hospital as a world centre for paraplegics and spinal injuries.
 
The former [[medieval]] parish church, St Mary the Virgin, unusually stood alone on a damp site 1km from the old village for no apparent reason. Therefore it had been postulated that a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[mausoleum]] was present on the site before the church was built.<ref name=ROBnotes>{{cite journal |date=1965 |title=Notes |url=http://www.bucksas.org.uk/rob/rob_17_5_0.pdf |journal=Records of Buckinghamshire |volume=17 (part 5) |page=417 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> The church was condemned in the mid-20th century and was demolished in January 1966 by the [[Royal Engineers]]. In 2018 in preparation for the construction of the [[High Speed 2|HS2]] high-speed railway, archaeological excavations began on the site of the old church.<ref name=BBCchurch /> As well as excavating the church, the process involved moving the remains of those buried in the churchyard,<ref name=BBCchurch>{{cite news |date= 5 May 2021 |title=Stoke Mandeville: HS2 to move 3,000 bodies from medieval churchyard|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56981338 |work= [[BBC News]] |access-date=5 May 2021}} </ref> which dates back to 1080. In September 2021, archaeologists from LP-Archaeology, led by Rachel Wood, announced the discovery of remains on the site of the church. They unearthed a possible square foundation trench enclosed by a circular ditch containing burials and two remarkable Roman statues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walls of Possible Anglo-Saxon Church Unearthed in England – Archaeology Magazine|url=https://www.archaeology.org/news/9984-210909-buckinghamshire-anglo-saxon|access-date=2021-09-12|website=www.archaeology.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-08|title=Archaeologists discover evidence of Anglo-Saxon church|url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/archaeologists-discover-evidence-of-anglo-saxon-church/141330|access-date=2021-09-12|website=HeritageDaily – Archaeology News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-08|title=HS2: Anglo-Saxon church found at Stoke Mandeville excavation site|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58477080|access-date=2021-09-12}}</ref> In January 2022 the archaeological excavation of the site, and the discovery of significant Roman statuary and burial urns, was featured in the BBC's ''[[Digging for Britain]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001363k/digging-for-britain-series-9-episode-2 |title=BBC iPlayer - Digging for Britain - Series 9: Episode 2 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2022-05-20}}</ref>
On 13 May 2000, the new Stoke Mandeville Millennium sign<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/kneesflashes/happenings/stoke/sm3.jpg|title=Millennium sign|website=radiolondon.co.uk|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> was unveiled. It stands on a small brick [[plinth]] on the green outside the [[primary school]]. The sign shows aspects of village life over the centuries.▼
 
The newer red brick parish church of [[Mary, the mother of Jesus|St Mary]], consecrated in July 1866 by the [[Bishop of Oxford]], [[Samuel Wilberforce]], remains as the only church in the village apart from the [[Methodist]] church in Eskdale Road.
In 2018 in preparation for the construction of [[High Speed 2]] archaeological excavations began on the site of the old St Mary the Virgin church.<ref name=BBCchurch /> As well as excavating the church the process involves moving the remains of those buried in the churchyard.<ref name=BBCchurch>{{cite news |date= 5 May 2021 |title=Stoke Mandeville: HS2 to move 3,000 bodies from medieval churchyard|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56981338 |work=BBCNews |access-date=5 May 2021}} </ref>
 
▲On 13 May 2000, the new Stoke Mandeville Millennium [[village sign]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/kneesflashes/happenings/stoke/sm3.jpg|title=Millennium sign|website=radiolondon.co.uk|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> was unveiled. It stands on a small brick [[plinth]] on the green outside the [[primary school]]. The sign shows colourful images on both sides of aspects of village life over the centuries.
 
==Transport==
[[Stoke Mandeville railway station]] is on the [[London to Aylesbury Line]] between [[Aylesbury railway station|Aylesbury station]] and [[Wendover railway station|Wendover station]], served by [[Chiltern Railways]], which terminates at [[Aylesbury Vale Parkway]] northbound and [[Marylebone station|London Marylebone]] southbound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/station/stoke-mandeville|title=Trains to Stoke Mandeville Station -– Times -– Chiltern Railways|website=www.chilternrailways.co.uk|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> [[Arriva Shires & Essex]] number 50 bus also serves the area on Station Road, as do services 164130 and 300X9/X90 -– which stopsstop in the centre of the village.<ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-east|title=Arriva Bus|website=www.arrivabus.co.uk}}</ref> [[High Speed 2]] passes to the southwest of the village, but doesn't stop.
 
==Education==
Stoke Mandeville Combined School is a mixed [[Community school (England and Wales)|community school]] which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eleven. (Year r -– 6) The school has approximately 220 pupils. It also has a hearing impaired department, which currently helps up to 15 children through their school day.
 
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==External links==
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*[http://www.stokemandevillestadium.com/ Stoke Mandeville Stadium]
*[http://stokemandeville.eschools.co.uk/ Stoke Mandeville Combined School website]
*[http://www.stoke-mandeville.co.uk/ Stoke Mandeville Guide]
 
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