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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Pero like this:
STOKE-PERO, a parish in Williton district, Somerset; on the E side of Exmoor, 13 miles W of Watchet r. station. Post town, Minehead, under Taunton. Acres, 3,422. Pop., 51. Houses, 10. The manor belongs to Sir T. D. Acland and Mr. W. Tamlyn. Red deer are plentiful. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £92. Patron, J. Quick, Esq.
Stoke Pero is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Pero itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Pero in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13264
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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