Stoke Wake Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:50.8571°N -2.3374°W
Official Name:Stoke Wake
Static Image Name:All Saints, Stoke Wake.JPG
Static Image Caption:All Saints, Stoke Wake
Population:60
Population Ref:[1]
Civil Parish:Stoke Wake
Unitary England:Dorset
Shire County:Dorset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:North Dorset
Post Town:Blandford Forum
Postcode Area:DT
Postcode District:DT11
Os Grid Reference:ST764063

Stoke Wake is a hamlet[2] and civil parish, formerly part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England. It is situated under Bulbarrow Hill on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, west of Blandford Forum. Dorset County Councils 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 60.[1]

In 1086 Stoke Wake was recorded in the Domesday Book as Stoche;[3] it had 15 households, 4 ploughlands, 150NaN0 of meadow and one mill. It was in the hundred of Hilton and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Shaftesbury Abbey.[4]

The parish church was built in 1872.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish Population Data . Dorset County Council . 5 February 2015 . 20 January 2015.
  2. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=stoke+wake+dorset&fb=1&gl=uk&ftid=0x48724dcdf06485a9:0xfcd3342c51bedb2e&ei=RO74S6OVHYmM0gSlzvXpBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA Google Map
  3. Web site: Dorset S-Z . The Domesday Book Online . domesdaybook.co.uk . 6 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Place: Stoke [Wake] ]. domesdaymap.co.uk . Open Domesday . 6 February 2015.
  5. Book: North Dorset District Official Guide. North Dorset District Council. c. 1983. 47. Home Publishing Co. Ltd.