A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STOKENHAM, or Stokingham, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands 5 miles ESE of Kingsbridge, and 15 SSE of Kingsbridge-Road r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Kingsbridge. The parish contains also four other villages, two hamlets, and a coastguard station; and comprises 5,671 acres of land, and 340 of foreshore. Rated property, £6,052. Pop., 1,566. Houses, 327. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Chivelstone and Sherford, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £695.* Patron, the Crown. The church is later English. There are two dissenting chapels and a national school.—The district contains six parishes. Acres, 18,354. Pop., 3,877. Houses, 819.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stokenham CP/AP Stokenham SubD Kingsbridge RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place names: | STOKENHAM | STOKENHAM OR STOKINGHAM | STOKINGHAM |
| Place: | Stokenham |
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