Notable residents of Stoke Hammond include David F. Kessler, former managing director of The Jewish Chronicle,[1] as well as various individuals with connections to Queen Victoria and the early Disney family.

[2] The settlement of Stoke Hammond can be traced back to well before the Norman Conquest, largely due to its access to a reliable water supply, notably at "Chaddle" (now Chadwell), located near the edge of Whaddon Chase forest.

The suffix Hammond was added later in manorial, referring to the Hamon family who owned the estate at the time of the Domesday survey.

[3] The first recorded rector of Stoke Hammond was Richard de Tinton in 1220, who held this position until the reign of Henry III.

By 1350, the church had adopted its present cruciform layout, with the chancel, central tower, and transepts being added during that period.

In the aftermath, the present window was designed, depicting St Luke alongside a scene representing the village.

Built to the four points of the compass, this typical Queen Anne style architecture embodied all the fine craftsmanship of the time.

In the 1960s, an "Angus Dei" shield was found in a corner of the ancient cellar, which the Victoria & Albert Museum placed as late as the 14th century, likely part of the decoration of an earlier edition of the manor.