The village was laid out in 1843 to complement the architectural scheme of the new hall, built for Christopher Turnor by William Burn.

[5] Stoke Rochford Hall, designed by William Burn and built in 1845, was gutted by fire on 25 January 2005.

[6] It was formally the NUT's national training centre, as well as a hotel and a venue for conferences and wedding receptions which continues to this day.

[8] The deserted medieval village of Ganthorpe, mentioned in the Domesday Book, is now known only as a field name in the park: Ganthrops.

[9] North Stoke (Nortstoches) is mentioned in the Domesday survey as a possession of Earl Morcar, claimed by the Norman baron, Drew de Beurere.

The parish extends westwards to the Leicestershire boundary and the north edge of Saltby Airfield[11] near the Viking Way.

21 year old Johnny Rogers (born 1941) of Cheshunt, the bass player of The Roulettes, was killed in the early hours of Monday 27 May 1963, travelling to Sunderland, when their Bedford Dormobile hit a stationary lorry on the northbound carriageway of the dual carriageway.

[16] The ecclesiastical parish has same name, and is part of the Colsterworth Group in the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln.

[citation needed] Notable current residents of Stoke Rochford are Geoff Capes[18] and Lady Sarah McCorquodale.