Rodney Stoke is a small village and civil parish, located at grid reference ST486501, 5 miles north-west of Wells, in the English county of Somerset.
Close to the village is Westbury Camp, which represents the remains of an Iron Age enclosed settlement[2][3] and has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
[2][4] Rodney Stoke was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stoches, meaning 'a stockaded settlement' from the Old English stoc.
[10] It is also part of the Wells and Mendip Hills county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
[11] Close to the village is the Rodney Stoke nature reserve, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
[12] The interior of the church contains a screen, bearing the date 1624, the gift of Sir Edward Rodney,[13] which includes a representation of the martyrdom of St Erasmus, who was killed by having his entrails removed.