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|civil_parish=Stoke Mandeville
|post_town= AYLESBURY
|postcode_district = HP21, HP22
|postcode_area= HP
|dial_code= 01296
'''Stoke Mandeville''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the Vale of Aylesbury in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is located three 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.
TheStoke villageMandeville continuesstadium 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 givinggave its name to the Paralympic Games mascot, [[Wenlock and Mandeville|Mandeville]], in 2012.
==History==
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.
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.
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.
==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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