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

PC Christopher Miller, 38, has been in hospital with life-threatening injuries since the incident on the B416 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire on Thursday night.

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

PC Christopher Miller, 38, was taken to hospital after the incident on the B416 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, on Thursday night.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

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

The loud speakers in the tower of the Stoke Poges Club House began, in a more titan human tenor, to announce the closing of the courses.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley