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Rodney Stoke, Somerset

Historical Description

Rodney Stoke, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands under the Mendip Hills, 1½ mile from Draycott station on the G.W.R., and gave the title of Baron in 1782 to Admiral Rodney. Post town, Weston-super-Mare. The parish contains part of Draycott hamlet, and comprises 2720 acres; population of the civil parish, 676; of the ecclesiastical, 185. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The Mendip Hills here, especially a peak called Stoke Knoll, rise with great boldness and beauty. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £160 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church, dedicated to St Leonard, is Later English, contains monuments of the Rodney family, has been well restored, and has a unique and very handsome carved oak screen of 1625.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySomersetshire 
Ecclesiastical parishRodney Stoke St. Leonard 
HundredWinterstoke 
Poor Law unionWells 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Rodney Stoke from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Rodney Stoke are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictMendip
CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBS27
Post TownCheddar

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