Stoke-Wake (All Saints)
STOKE-WAKE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Sturminster, hundred of Whiteway, Sturminster division of Dorset, 10 miles (W.) from Blandford; containing 156 inhabitants. It comprises 1021 acres, of which 141 are common or waste land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 8. 9., and in the gift of H. Ker Seymer, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £170, and the glebe contains 13f acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.