Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-ST. MARY

STOKE-ST. MARY, a parish in Tannton district, Somerset; 3½ miles SE of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 923. Real property, £1,936. Pop., 266. Houses, 55. The manor belongs to R. Mattock, Esq. S. House and S. Court are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £133. Patron, Lord Portman. The church is ancient. There is an Independent chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stoke St Mary Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Stoke St Mary

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