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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Canon like this:
STOKE-CANON, a parish, with a village, in St. Thomas district, Devon; on the Bristoland Exeter railway, near the confluence of the rivers Exe and Culm, 4½ miles NNE of Exeter. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Exeter. Acres, 1,217. Real property, £2,670. Pop., 452. ...
Houses, 88. The manor was given, by King Athelstan, to Exeter cathedral; and the greater part of the land still belongs to the Dean and Chapter. The parsonage and 23 other houses were destroyed in 1847, by means of a cinder blown from a passing railway engine. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £180.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is of the 13th century, and good. There is a parochial school.
Stoke Canon is now part of EAST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Canon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Canon, in East Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2423
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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