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STOKE (South), a parish, with a village, and with Woodcot liberty, in the district of Wallingford and county of Oxford; on the river Thames and the Great Western railway, near Moulsford r. station, and 4 miles S of Wallingford. It has a post-office under Wallingford. Acres, 3,440. Real property, £4,432. Pop., 810. Houses, 181. The limits include part of the Chiltern hills. The living is a vicarage, with Woodcot chapelry, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £350.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The parochial church was restored in 1856; and Woodcot church was rebuilt in 1845. There are two endowed schools, and charities £13.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village, and with Woodcot liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Stoke Parish Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | SOUTH STOKE | STOKE | STOKE SOUTH |
| Place: | South Stoke |
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