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==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]] – it was postulated that a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[mausoleum]] was
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.
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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.
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 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= [[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 had unearthed flint walls forming a square structure, enclosed by a circular borderline and burials. Two remarkable Roman statues were also found.<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 E2 S9 of the BBC's ''[[Digging for Britain]]''.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001363k/digging-for-britain-series-9-episode-2</ref>
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