Stoke d'Abernon

Stoke d'Abernon is a small village situated between Cobham and Leatherhead in the county of Surrey.

It is of ancient origin; it was called Stoche in the Domesday Book and the suffix d'Abernon comes from a family who came over at the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. Its church, St Mary's, is Saxon with Norman and Victorian additions, and is famous for its monumental brasses, among them the oldest in the country.

It has its own railway station, named "Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon" because Cobham was located sufficiently too far north for the line to be effectively routed to it when constructed at the end of the 19th Century.

Yehudi Menuhin founded a music school (http://www.yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk) to the south of the village. It is also home to the quiet training ground of Premier League football (soccer) club Chelsea.

The local newspaper is the Cobham News & Mail