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“EAST STOKE, a parish in the hundred of Winfrith, South Blandford division of county Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Wareham, its post town, and 2 E. of Wool station, on the London and South-Western railway, which passes through the parish. It is situated on the road from Wareham to Dorchester, in the valley watered by the river-Frome. The parish contains the tything of West Holme. In this parish are the remains of Bindon Abbey, founded in 1172 by Robert de Newburgh for monks of the Cistercian order. At the Dissolution its revenue was valued at £229 2s. Id., and the site granted to Sir Thomas Poynings. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £326. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1827, at an expense of £6,700. Near it are some remains of the old one. There are National and parochial schools.
"WEST HOLME, a tything in the parish of East Stoke, hundred of Hasilor, county Dorset, 3 miles W. of Wareham. It is situated near the river Froom.
"WORGRET, (or Worgate), a tything in the parishes of East Stoke and Wareham St. Mary Out, hundred of Hundredsbarrow, county Dorset, 1 mile W. of Wareham.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for East Stoke (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of East Stoke from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WEST HOLME, a tything in the parish of East Stoke, hundred of Hasilor, county Dorset, 3 miles W. of Wareham. It is situated near the river Froom.
"WORGRET, (or Worgate), a tything in the parishes of East Stoke and Wareham St. Mary Out, hundred of Hundredsbarrow, county Dorset, 1 mile W. of Wareham.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from East Stoke to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The East Stoke pages contain many useful resources.
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