Stokesley, North Yorkshire

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Stokesley is a village in North Yorkshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stokesley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stokesley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stokesley, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Leven, 9 miles SE. of Stockton - par., 15,937 ac., pop. 2395; township, 1818 ac., pop. 1802; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. Stokesley has a church rebuilt in 1777, a town-hall of 1853, and an endowed school. The industries comprise mfrs. of linen and gunpowder.

Stokesley in the Domesday Book

A village in Langbaurgh hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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