Stoke Wake

Stoke Wake is a hamlet^[2] and civil parish, formerly part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England. It is situated under Bulbarrow Hill on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, west of Blandford Forum. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 60.^[1]

Stoke Wake
All Saints, Stoke Wake
Stoke Wake Location within Dorset
Population	60 [1]
OS grid reference	ST764063
Civil parish	Stoke Wake
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Blandford Forum
Postcode district	DT11
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50.8571°N 2.3374°W / 50.8571; -2.3374

In 1086 Stoke Wake was recorded in the Domesday Book as Stoche;^[3] it had 15 households, 4 ploughlands, 15 acres (6 hectares) of meadow and one mill. It was in the hundred of Hilton and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Shaftesbury Abbey.^[4]

The parish church was built in 1872.^[5]