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Stokesley, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Leven, 9 miles SE. of Stockton - par., 15,937 ac., pop. 2395; township, 1818 ac., pop. 1802; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. Stokesley has a church rebuilt in 1777, a town-hall of 1853, and an endowed school. The industries comprise mfrs. of linen and gunpowder.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stokesley Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Stokesley |
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