In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Fleming like this:
STOKE-FLEMING, a parish, with a village, in Kingsbridge district, Devon; on the coast, 2 miles SW of Dartmouth r. station. It has a post-office under Dartmouth. Acres, 3,332. Rated property, £4,601. Pop., 661. Houses, 138. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Flemings; and passed to the Mohnns, the Carews, the Southcotes, and the Scales. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £649.* Patron, Sir E. St. Aubyn. The church is ancient. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Stoke Fleming through time
Stoke Fleming is now part of South Hams district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Hams has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Fleming itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Fleming, in South Hams and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5723
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
Not where you were looking for?
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Stoke Fleming".