STOKE (ST-MARY), a parish in the hundred of
TAUNTON-and-TAUNTON-DEAN, county of SOMERSET,
3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Taunton, containing 248
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, annexed to the
perpetual curacy of Thurlbear, in the archdeaconry
of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. There is
a- place of worship for Independents.