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Coordinates: 51°59'15?N 0°53'30?E? / ?51.98755, 0.89171
Stoke by Nayland in the English county of Suffolk, lies close to the border with Essex in what is sometimes referred to as Constable Country. It contains a church, St Mary, which remains much as it was rebuilt in the fifteenth century. The village, located within Babergh district, contains many cottages and timber framed houses and all surround a large recreation field which makes up the centre of the village. The population of the Stoke-by-Nayland civil parish at the 2001 census was 703, comprising 341 males and 362 females. Two schools, a primary and a middle school, are in the village, as are two public houses, The Angel Inn and The Crown. Stoke by Nayland is about 1.5 miles from Nayland and stands on a ridge overlooking the Stour and Box valleys. Immediately to the north of the village lies the hamlet of Scotland Street.
Stoke By Nayland is home to a golf course with two 18 hole courses named after famous painters. The Constable and The Gainsborough. Both courses are set in undulating grounds.
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William Songer (Captain Arthur Wakefield's brother-in-law), who travelled to Nelson, New Zealand on the Whitby as Wakefield's servant, was born in the village of Stoke-by-Nayland, and suggested naming the township after his birthplace.
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