Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE (East)

STOKE (East), a parish, with West Holme tything, in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Frome, 2½ miles E of Wool r. station, and 3½ W by S of Wareham. Post town, Wareham. Acres, 3,273; of which 40 are water. Rated property, £3,122. Pop., 594. Houses, 130. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £326. Patron, Sir H. Oglander. The church was rebuilt in 1827, at a cost of £6,700. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with West Holme tything"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Stoke AP/CP       Wareham and Purbeck RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place names: EAST STOKE     |     STOKE     |     STOKE EAST
Place: East Stoke

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