St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England

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Church of England church listed building parish church

St Giles' Church in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, is a historic parish church best known as the resting place of poet Thomas Gray and the setting traditionally associated with his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."

Aliases (1)

St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges ×42

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of England church → listed building → parish church →
architecturalType	church →
associatedWith	English literature → poetry →
associatedWork	Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard →
burialPlaceOf	Thomas Gray →
category	Church of England church buildings in Buckinghamshire → Churches in Buckinghamshire → Grade I listed churches in Buckinghamshire →
country	England →
dedicatedTo	Saint Giles →
denomination	Church of England →
diocese	Diocese of Oxford →
function	parish church →
hasCemetery	St Giles' churchyard, Stoke Poges →
hasFeature	chancel → chapel → churchyard → nave → tower →
hasGraveOf	Thomas Gray →
hasMemorialTo	Thomas Gray →
heritageDesignation	Grade I →
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building →
knownFor	association with "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" → resting place of Thomas Gray →
locatedIn	Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED → South East England → Stoke Poges → United Kingdom →
locatedNear	Stoke Park →
notableBurial	Thomas Gray →
parish	Stoke Poges →
province	Province of Canterbury →
religion	Christianity →
religiousAffiliation	Anglicanism →
touristAttraction	yes →
tradition	identified as the churchyard of Gray's Elegy →
traditionallyIdentifiedAs	setting of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" →
usedFor	Christian worship →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Gray →	burialPlace