In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Wake like this:
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.
Stoke Wake through time
Stoke Wake is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Wake itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Wake in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13938
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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