Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex.

However, the windows and corbels reveal it to be one of the earliest parts of the church, an early 14th-century addition of two storeys to the building that was then replaced in the late 15th century.

[4] Of note is a brass memorial to Lady Catherine Howard, nee Molyns, who was the great grandmother of both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the second and fifth wives of Henry VIII.Stoke-by-Nayland's many listed buildings consist primarily of Grade II houses and cottages, mostly timber-framed and rendered, with plain-tile roofs, although some are thatched or slated.

[1] Thorington Hall, in a separate hamlet to the south-east of the village, is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house with much original detail.

The south-west wing has an oriel window on the upper storey on the north-west side, on four shaped brackets.

On the south-east front includes a modern glazed door with an 18th-century door-case and a scroll pediment on brackets.

Of two storeys and on a 3-cell plan, its roofs are plain-tiled with the original chimney-stack set externally on the rear wall of the hall, and a cross entry.

The Maltings, backing onto the churchyard, and the Old Guildhall, facing it across the road, each has exposed timber-framing and jettied fronts designed to be seen.

The village features in the 1868 National Gazetteer of Great Britain, volume 10, as:[6] STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, a parish in the hundred of Babergh, county Suffolk, 1½ mile N.E.

contains the chapelry of Leavenheath, and had a monastery endowed by the Saxon Earl of Algar, traces of which are still existing.

Tendring Hall is the principal residence.In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as:[7] STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, a parish, with a village, in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 1½ mile NE of Nayland, and 6 E by N of Bures r. station.

Lord mayor Capel, ancestor of the Earl of Essex, was a native.In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Stoke Nayland in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:[8] Stoke (by Nayland), par.

Now a registered charity the hall is now a general meeting place and hosts variety of events.

James Andrews Golf School moved to Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa in 2018 https://www.jamesandrewsgolfschool.co.uk The village is served by buses connecting it to Hadleigh, Polstead, Langham, Colchester, Ipswich, Sudbury, Leavenheath, and Great Horkesley.