STOKE-next-GUILDFORD, a parish in the first
division of the hundred of WOKING, county of SURREY,
f of a mile (N.) from Guildford, containing 1120 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the.
king's books at £18. 0. 5., and in the patronage of F.
Paynter, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. John the
Evangelist, is in the later style of English architecture.
The Wey and Arun canal passes through the parish.