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STOKE (East), a parish, with West Holme tything, in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Frome, 2½ miles E of Wool r. station, and 3½ W by S of Wareham. Post town, Wareham. Acres, 3,273; of which 40 are water. Rated property, £3,122. Pop., 594. Houses, 130. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £326. Patron, Sir H. Oglander. The church was rebuilt in 1827, at a cost of £6,700. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with West Holme tything" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | East Stoke Parish Wareham and Purbeck Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place names: | EAST STOKE | STOKE | STOKE EAST |
| Place: | East Stoke |
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