Former Stoke Church and Josiah Wedgewood's Grave
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bramblebushbay, on October 24, 2008, said:
It is not known when the first church of St Peter ad Vincula was built in Stoke, but the Saxon Preaching Cross in the churchyard indicates a very early date. Perhaps St. Chad, the first Bishop of Lichfield preached here. One meaning of "Stoc" is a "holy place" and it is from this site that the city gets its name.
The medieval church, of which only ruins remain, dates mainly from the 13th century. The present church building was completed in 1830.