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.
STOKE (South), a parish, with a village, in Bath district, Somerset; 2¼ miles SSW of Bath r. station. It has a post-office under Bath. Acres, 863. Real property, £2,593. Pop., 375. Houses, 72. Mitford Castle, Mitford House, Avon Hill House, and South Stoke Villa are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200.* Patron, the Rev. H. Calverley. The church has a Norman door and a later English tower, and was restored and enlarged in 1845. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Stoke AP/CP Bath RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | SOUTH STOKE | STOKE | STOKE SOUTH |
| Place: | South Stoke |
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