Stoke Rivers
From Wikishire
| Stoke Rivers | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Bartholomew's Church, Stoke Rivers | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS633353 |
| Location: | 51°6’5"N, 3°57’14"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EX32 |
| Local Government | |
Stoke Rivers is a small village five miles north-east of Barnstaple, in northern Devon (within the county's Shirwell Hundred).
The wider parish of Stoke Rivers comprises the village itself as well as several scattered farmsteads.[1]
There is also the mediæval parish church of St Bartholomew and a small Baptist church.
The name derives from the Rivers family, who formerly owned the village.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stoke Rivers) |
References
- ↑ [1] "Tour Devon" (retrieved 15 October 2014)
- ↑ Information on Stoke Rivers from GENUKI
