Stoke Pero, par., Somerset, on E. side of Exmoor,
6 miles SAV. of Minehead, 3422 ac., pop. 49.

Stoke Poges, par. and vil., in SE. of Bucks—par.
(partly in town of Slough), 3465 ac., pop. 2150; pop. of
town part, 109 ; vil., 2 miles N. of Slough; P.O., T.O.;
Stoke Farm, Stoke Park, and Stoke Place are seats.
The churchyard is the scene of the Elegy of Gray (1716-
1771), the poet, who is buried here.

Stoke Point, promontory, Devon, 5% miles SE. of
Plymouth, on AV. side of Bigbury Bay.

Stoke Prior.—par. and vil., in N. of Herefordshire—
par., 2569 ac., pop. 519; vil., 2 miles SE. of Leominster;
P.O.; has hop gardens.—2. Stoke Prior, par. and vil.
(ry. sta. Stoke AVorks), AVorcestershire—par. (contain-
ing Finstall eccl. dist. and Stoke vil.), 3820 ac., pop.
2354; vil., 2%milesSAV. of Bromsgrove; P.O. Theworks
near the ry. sta. are for the mfr. of salt and alkali.

Stoke Rivers, par. and vil., Devon, 5 miles E. of
Barnstaple, 2426 ac., pop. 197.

Stoke Rockford, vil., Stoke par., Lincolnshire, 6 m.
S. of Grantham; P.O.; has an obelisk to the memory
of Isaac Newton; in vicinity is S. R. House, seat.

Stoke Row, eccl. dist., Ipsden, Mongewell, and
Newnham Murren pars., on SE. border of Oxfordshire,
5% miles NAV. of Henley on Thames, pop. 576.

Stoke St Gregory, par. and vil., Somerset—par.,
3790 ac., pop. 1418; vil., 4 miles AV. of Langport; P.O.

Stoke St Mary, par., Somerset, 3 miles SE. of
Taunton, 923 ac., pop. 229; Stoke House and Stoke
Court are seats.

Stoke St Mary Ipswich, par., Suffolk, within Ips-
wich bor., pop. 3306.

Stoke St Michael. See Stoke Lane.

Stoke St Milborough, par., township, and vil.,
Shropshire—par., 5750 ac., pop. 507; township, pop.
468 ; vil., 6 miles NE. of Ludlow; P.O.

Stoke Talmage, par., Oxfordshire, in E. of co., 5
miles SAV. of Thame, 869 ac., pop. 106.

Stoke Trister, par., Somerset, 2 miles E. of AVincan-
ton, 1090 ac., pop. 421.

Stoke Wake, par., Dorset, 6 miles S. of Sturminster
Newton, 1038 ac., pop. 107.

Stoke AVorks, ry. sta., AVorcestershire, 3% miles
SAV. of Bromsgrove. See Stoke Prior.

Stoke (hy Clare), par. and vil. with ry. sta.,
Suffolk—par., 2361 ac., pop. 734; vil., on river Stour,
2 miles SAV. of Clare; P.O.; near the vil. is Stoke
College, seat, originally a Benedictine priory, founded
by the Confessor.

Stoke (hy Nayland), par. and vil., Suffolk—par.
5277 ac., pop. 1150; vil., 2 miles NE. of Nay land and 6
miles E. of Bures; P.O.

Stoke next Guildford, par., Surrey, on river AVey,
on N. side and mostly within the bor. of Guildford,
2329 ac. (28 water), pop. 6706; Stoke Place, seat, is 1
m. N. of Guildford; the park contains the parish church.

Stoke under Hanidon, par., Somerset, 6 miles NAV.
of Yeovil, 1330 ac., pop. 1516; P.O., T.O.; contains
East Stoke and AVest Stoke, vils., and has remains of
Roman entrenchments.

Stoke upon Tern, par., Shropshire, 5 miles SAV. of
Market Drayton, 5683 ac., pop. 931.

Stoke upon Trent, pari, and mun. bor., market
town, and par., Staffordshire, on river Trent and on
the Trent and Mersey Canal, 14 miles N. of Stafford
by rail—par., 12,818 ac., pop. 104,313 ; pari, bor., pop.
64,091; mun. bor., 1660 ac., pop. 19,261; 2 Banks.
Market-day, Saturday. Stoke upon Trent grew around
the pottery works erected by Josiah AVedgwood (1730-
1795), and is a seat of the china and earthenware mfr.
Encaustic tiles and tesselated pavements are extensively
made. Stoke upon Trent was made a pari. bor. (with
limits including the mun. bors. of Burslem, Hanley,
and Longton, and other parts of the Potteries district)
in 1832, and a mun. bor. in 1874. It returns 1 member
to Parliament; it returned 2 members until 1885, when
its parliamentary limits were reduced by the extension
of the parliamentary limits of Newcastle under Lyme,
and the formation of the new pari. bor. of Hanley.

Stokecliinsland, par. and vil., Cornwall — par.,
8732 ac., pop. 2100; vil., 3 miles N. of Callington; P.O.;
has a cattle fair.

Stokeiield, seat, Gloucester; post-town, Thornbury.