Stewkley is a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) East of Winslow and 4 miles (6 km) West of Leighton Buzzard. The village name Stewkley is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means woodland clearing with tree stumps. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Stiuclai. The principal manor in Stewkley once belonged to the son of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was an occasional visitor to the village. The parish church, dedic… (More on Stewkley)