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The stream that serves the village is the Bure, which continues on its way
through nearby Bicester and eventually joins the river Thames. Stoke Lyne is a
small village with a population of approximately 140. Employment is mostly
found in the local market town of Bicester or in agriculture, the area being
mostly arable and wooded.
In 1851 a fire destroyed a large number of the cottages and the school. A new
school was built but has now been demolished to make way for new housing. The
village pub, named the Peyton Arms, is also used for meetings, there being no
village ball.
The church, dedicated to St Peter, is in the centre of the village. The
vicarage, now a private house, was built in 1872. It has had many vicars but
none so infamous as the Rev William Bryant MA who used to walk round the church
tower calling his parishioners to worship. His daughter Emily Ermyntrude died an
untimely death on 9th February 1906 aged 14 years. The Rev Bryant shot himself
in the vicarage in 1914. His burial on 3rd November took place without the
service of the Church of England, and the service authorised for use in the
Diocese was said.
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