Stoke Poges

American  

[stohk poh-jis] / ˌstoʊk ˈpoʊ dʒɪs /

noun

1. a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

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Stoke Poges

Thames Valley Police said the 65-year-old man was found in Baylis Park, off Stoke Poges Lane on Saturday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2022

Sir Edward, who had been educated at the Free Grammar School in Norwich and Trinity College, Cambridge, died in 1634 at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022

Shani Warren, who lived in Stoke Poges, was discovered in Taplow Lake, Buckinghamshire, in April 1987.

From BBC ● May 17, 2022

The setting may be in Stoke Poges, where Gray's mother was buried, and where his own remains would eventually lie.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2011

Ten minutes later they were at Stoke Poges and had started their first round of Obstacle Golf.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley