STOKESBY, a parish, with a village, in Flegg district, Norfolk; on the river Bure, 5 miles N by E of Reedham r. station, and 5½ E by N of Yarmouth. It has a post-office under Norwich and a ferry. Acres, 2,119. Real property, £2,997. Pop., 418. Houses, 88. The property is divided among four. The living is a rectory, united with Herringby, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £526.* Patron, the Rev. T. Beard. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and 20 acres of poors' land.

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