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3 unusual facts about Rodney Stoke


Edward Rodney

Rodney died at the age of 67 and was buried at the Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke, where there is a monument.

Rodney Stoke

The first Baron Rodney was George Brydges Rodney (1718/19–92), a British naval admiral of Napoleonic times.

The village was the home of, and is probably named after, Sir John Rodney (c1561–1612).



see also

Rodney Stoke SSSI

Two nationally rare plants occur at Rodney Stoke: Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum) and the endemic Whitebeam (Sorbus anglica).