The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'church made of logs'. In manorial records of 1200 the village was referred to as Stockenechurch.
Today the village is a popular place to live, due to its rural location and ease of access to London and Birmingham. Stokenchurch is next to junction 5 of the M40.
Stokenchurch is one of the main places in Britain where one can regularly see the Red Kite, a formerly endangered species whose numbers are now recovering well, though still in isolated pockets such as the Chilterns and West Wales.