as it approaches Great Ponton, which is the parish north of Stoke Rochford. The parish extends east to the point where Ermine Street meets the East Coast Main Line. The bridge is just inside Great Ponton parish. Just under a mile of the line is in the parish, including the Stoke Tunnel. Just to the east is Stoke Tunnel Farm, which is in Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe. Just south of Stoke Tunnel is Highdyke Farm. South of here is the large Stoke Park Wood, and the eastern boundary here follows the railway line until it meets Easton parish, just south of Old Park Wood. Here it also borders with Burton Coggles, just north of Sleight's Wood. The Cringle Brook flows northwards from the village, and on the opposite side of the A1 is the River Witham. Transport 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. The driver was 21 year old Peter Cotter of Stratford-upon-Avon. Their previous show had taken place on Monday, at the Empire Theatre. The lorry was having its wheel changed, with driver Joseph Lovejoy of London. Community Stoke Rochford is part of the grouped parish council of Stoke Rochford and Easton. The ecclesiastical parish has same name, and is part of the Colsterworth Group in the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The former incumbent was the Rev. E. J. Lomax and a new appointment is expected in due course. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary, also serves as the parish church for Easton. The village has a post office and a golf club. Adjacent to the latter on the A1 is a filling station and cafeteria. Notable people Notable current residents of Stoke Rochford are Geoff Capes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale. Stoke Rochford was the birthplace of Fanny Margaret Taylor, who as Magdalen Taylor founded the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, a Catholic order of nuns, in 1872. See also Stoke Rochford Hall Easton Harlaxton Manor References External links "Church of St Mary and St. Andrew, Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire", Ntlworld.com Hall re-opens in September 2008 Memorial service for 1945 Lancaster crash in November 2006 Commonwealth teachers meeting in September 2004 Lib Dem education