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STOKE-WAKE, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; 5½ miles S of Sturminster r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 1,038. Rated property, £1,225. Pop., 112. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £156. Patron, H. K. Seymer, Esq. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Stoke Wake CP/AP Sturminster RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
Place: | Stoke Wake |
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