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STOKE POGES

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 951 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STOKE POGES , a See also:

village in the See also:south of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 3 M. N. of See also:Slough, famous for its connexion with the poet See also:Thomas See also:Gray. The See also:church of St See also:Giles has portions of See also:Norman, See also:Early See also:English, and later See also:dates, and contains a See also:fine Decorated canopied See also:tomb and See also:brasses of members of the See also:family of Moleyns. A passage or See also:cloister leading towards the See also:ancient See also:manor-See also:house contains some See also:good See also:original stained-See also:glass windows. Gray is buried beside his See also:mother in the See also:churchyard, and there is a See also:monument to his memory in the adjacent Stoke See also:Park. The churchyard is generally considered to be the original of the poet's See also:Elegy in a See also:Country Churchyard; and the manor-house finds mention in his See also:Long See also:Story. See also:West End Cottage, where he often stayed, remains in altered See also:form as Stoke See also:Court. Burnham Beeches (q.v.), now preserved to public use, and a favourite resort of the poet, are 3 M. distant to the See also:north-west.

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