Stoke Rivers

Stoke Rivers is a small village five miles north-east of Barnstaple, in Devon, England. The village historically formed part of Shirwell Hundred and for ecclesiastical purposes falls within the Shirwell Deanery.^[1] The parish of Stoke Rivers comprises the village itself as well as several scattered farmsteads.^[2] There is also the medieval parish church of St. Batholomew and a small Baptist church.

The name derives from the Rivers family, who owned the village.^[3]

The village is located at grid reference SS6335035450

References

^ [1] "Historic Stoke Rivers, Devon County Council" (retrieved 15 October 2014)
^ [2] "Tour Devon" (retrieved 15 October 2014)
'^ genuki entry (retrieved 28 May 2010)

External links

Media related to Stoke Rivers at Wikimedia Commons

51°06′07″N 3°57′11″W / 51.10202°N 3.95311°W / 51.10202; -3.95311

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[1] [1] "Historic Stoke Rivers, Devon County Council" (retrieved 15 October 2014)

[2] [2] "Tour Devon" (retrieved 15 October 2014)

[3] '^ genuki entry (retrieved 28 May 2010)

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