We could not match "STOKENHAM" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 19 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "STOKENHAM":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Beesands	Devon	Beesands , fishing vil., in par. and 2 miles from Stokenham, S. Devon.	Bartholomew
  BEESANDS	Devon	BEESANDS , a fishing village in Stokenham. parish, 2½ miles from Stokenham village, Devon.	Imperial
  Beeson	Devon	Beeson , hamlet, in par. and 1½ mile S. of Stokenham, S. Devon.	Bartholomew
  BEESON	Devon	BEESON , a hamlet in Stokenham parish, Devon.	Imperial
  Chillington	Devon	Chillington .-- hamlet, Stokenham par., S. Devon, 4¼ miles E. of Kingsbridge; P.O.	Bartholomew
  CHILLINGTON	Devon	Stokenham parish, Devon; 4¼ miles E of Kingsbridge. It has a post office under Kingsbridge, and a Bible Christian	Imperial
  CHIVELSTONE	Devon	Stokenham, in the diocese of Exeter. The church stands conspicuously on a hill; is ancient; was not long ago repaired	Imperial
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Stokenham; and the p. curacies of Marlborough, South Milton, South Huish, Buckland-Tout-Saint, Slapton, Chivelstone, and Sherford. The archdeaconry	Imperial
  Hallsands	Devon	Hallsands , fishing vil., Stokenham par., S. Devon, 9 miles SW. of Dartmouth.	Bartholomew
  HALSANDS	Devon	HALSANDS , a fishing village in Stokenham parish, Devon; 9 miles SSW of Dartmouth.	Imperial
  Hellaton	Devon	Hellaton , vil., Stokenham par., S. Devon, 4½ miles SE. of Kingsbridge.	Bartholomew
  Kellaton (or Kellington)	Devon	Kellaton (or Kellington ), hamlet, in par. and 2½ miles S. of Stokenham, Devon.	Bartholomew
  KELLATON, or Killington	Devon	KELLATON , or Killington, a hamlet in Stokenham parish, Devon; 5 miles SE of Kingsbridge. Pop.,	Imperial
  KINGSBRIDGE	Devon	Stokenham, containing the parishes of Stokenham, Sherford, Charleton, South Pool, Chivelston, and. East Portlemouth; and the sub-district of West	Imperial
  SHERFORD	Devon	living is a p. curacy, annexed to Stokenham. The church is good; and there are chapels for Calvinists and Wesleyans.	Imperial
  Stokenham	Devon	Stokenham , par. and vil., Devon - par., 6011 ac. (340water), pop. 1793; vil.,5 m. SE. of Kingsbridge; P.O.	Bartholomew
  STOKENHAM, or Stokingham	Devon	STOKENHAM , or Stokingham, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands 5 miles	Imperial
  Torcross	Devon	Torcross , fishing vil., Stokenham par., Devon, 8 m. SW. of Dartmouth; P.O., T.O.; is a bathing-place.	Bartholomew
  TORCROSS	Devon	Stokenham parish, Devon; on the coast, 4¼ miles ESE of Kingsbridge. It is frequented as a watering-place; carries	Imperial

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