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South Stoke is a village and civil parish on an east bank of the Thames, about 1.5 mile (2 km) north of Goring on Thames in South Oxfordshire. It includes less than 1 mile (2 km) to its north the hamlet and manor house of Littlestoke (a. k. a. Stoke Marmion).

In 975 King Edgar granted Osweard land at Stoke, probably later the South Stoke and Offham manors. The manor passed to Eynsham Abbey in 1094. At the time of the Hundred Rolls in 1279, South Stoke had 40 tenants and only three freeholders. The east window of the south aisle has late 13th century stained glass of the Virgin and Child. a new chancel arch was built and new windows were inserted in the east and south walls of the chancel and the north and south walls of the nave. The Vicarage was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge and built in 1869.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel built Moulsford Railway Bridge in 1839–40. The Ridgeway path runs through the village to access its ferry to Moulsford which is seasonal.

Littlestoke is a hamlet on the River Thames sometimes seen in texts as Little Stoke. A ferryman until at least 1920 used to be available to cross the Thames to Cholsey. The Ridgeway path runs past the site of the ferry, however now a minor detour is necessary along the national long distance footpath to South Stoke itself and then north from Moulsford on the opposite bank. As mentioned the South Stoke ferry is seasonal. Between the two, downstream is Moulsford Railway Bridge.

From 6 June 2012, South Stoke was served by Go Ride bus service number 134 from Wallingford to Goring on Thames. Following the decision by Oxfordshire County Council to axe all bus service subsidies in July 2016, Go Ride ceased operating bus services in Oxfordshire in January 2017, and the service was taken over by a new Community Interest Company Going Forward Buses, based in Goring.