Place:


Stoke Dry  Rutland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Dry like this:

STOKE-DRY, a parish in Uppingham district, comprising S.-D. township in Rutland, and Holy-Oakes liberty in Leicester; and lying 2½ miles N by W of Rockingham r. station. Post town, Uppingham. Acres, 1,800. Rated property, £2,492. Pop., 53. Houses, 9. The property belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £420.* Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church is old but good.

Stoke Dry through time

Stoke Dry is now part of Rutland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rutland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Dry itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Dry in Rutland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2815

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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