Stoke Gabriel

Stoke Gabriel is a village and parish in Devon, England, situated on a creek of the River Dart.

It is equidistant from Paignton, Dartmouth and Totnes, and has a population of approximately 1,200, reducing slightly to 1,107 at the 2011 census.

[2] Fisherman probably first came to Stoke Gabriel to fish salmon and gain access to the River Dart.

Legend has it that if you walk backwards seven times round the yew's main stem you will be granted a wish.

Stoke Gabriel is the template for the fictional village of Thornford Regis in C. C. Benison's crime novels Twelve Drummers Drumming and Eleven Pipers Piping.

Stoke Gabriel by Henry B. Wimbush , c. 1910