Stoke Rivers

St Bartholomew's church, 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 Saint 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)
  3. ↑ genuki entry (retrieved 28 May 2010)'

External links

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


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