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rial. A little to the north of it is Stoke-house, the great hall 
of which is adorned with many fine ancient busts of the 
Roman emperors, brought from Rome. From the hall there 
is an entrance into a fine park, with seven great avenues cut 
in the shape of a star, from each of which there is a delight¬ 
ful prospect.—41. Stoke, Prior, a township in Hereford- 
fordshire; 3 miles south-east of Leominster.—Also a parish 
in Worcestershire; 1§ mile south of Broomsgrove.—42. 
Stoke Rivers, a parish in Devonshire; 5k miles east-by¬ 
north of Barnstaple.—43. Stoke Rodney, or Stoke Gifford, 
a parish in Somersetshire; 5 miles north-west-by-west of 
Wells.—44. Stoke, Say, a parish in Salop; 6J miles 
north-west of Ludlow.—45. Stoke, South, or Stoke Rock¬ 
ford, a township in Lincolnshire; 2 miles north-west-by¬ 
north of Colsterworth.—46. Stoke, South, a parish in 
Somersetshire; 2k miles south of Bath.—47. Stoke Tal- 
mage, a parish in Oxfordshire; 2 miles south-south-west of 
Tetsworth.—48. Stoke-upon-Tern, a parish in Salop; 
6 miles south-west-by-south of Drayton-in-Hales. — 49. 
Stoke-upon-Trent, a parish in Staffordshire; 14 mile east 
of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Population 22,475.—50. Stoke, 
Trister, a parish in Somersetshire; 2 miles east of Win- 
canton.—51. Stoke, Wake, a parish in Dorsetshire; 10 
miles west of Blandford Forum.—52. Stoke, West, a pa¬ 
rish in Sussex ; 4 miles north-west of Chichester. 
STOKE, a township of Lower Canada, in the county of 
.Buckingham, on the east side of the St. Francis. 
STOKE BOTTOM, a hamlet in the parish of Stoke 
Lane, Somersetshire. 
STOKEFORD, a hamlet in Dorsetshire, near Binnegar. 
STOKEHAM, a parish in Nottinghamshire; 5 miles 
north-east-by-north of Tuxford. 
STOKENBURY, a hamlet in the parish of East Peck- 
ham, Kent. 
STOKEN CHURCH, a parish in Oxfordshire; 6£ miles 
south-east-by-east of Tetsworth. Population 888. 
STOKENHAM, a parish in Devonshire ; 5 miles east-by¬ 
south of Kingsbridge. Population 1273. 
STO'KER, s. One who looks after the fire in a brew- 
house : a technical word. 
As the plague of happy life, 
I run away from party-strife: 
A prince’s cause, a church’s claim, 
I’ve known to raise a mighty flame, 
And priest, as stoker, very free 
To throw in peace and charity. Green. 
STOKES, a county of the United States, in the north¬ 
west part of North Carolina. Population 11,645, includ¬ 
ing 1746 slaves. The chief towns are Germantown and 
Salem. 
STOKES, a township of the United States, in Mont¬ 
gomery county. North Carolina, near the Yadkin. 
STOKES, a township of the United Stales, in Maddison 
county, Ohio. Population 267. 
STOKESBY, a parish in Norfolk; 2- miles east-by-south 
of Acle. 
STOKESIA [so named by Mons. L’Heritier, in honour of 
Jonathan Stokes, M.D., who very ably assisted Dr. Wither¬ 
ing, in his botanical arrangement of British plants], in Bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the class syngenesia, order polygamia sequa- 
lis.—Generic Character. Calyx, common leafy, subim¬ 
bricate. Corolla, floscular, two-formed : corollets herm¬ 
aphrodite, regular in the disk; in the outer circumference 
irregular, constituting a ray. Stamina: filaments five in 
each. Anthers cylindric. Pistil: germ (in the regular 
florets) four-cornered: (in the irregular) three-cornered. 
Style filiform. Stigma two-parted, awl-shaped. Pericarp 
none. Seed down, filamentose, deciduous, equal to the co- 
rollet, four in the regular, three in the irregular florets. Re¬ 
ceptacle naked.— Essential Character. Corollets in the 
ray funnel-form, longer, irregular. Down four-bristled. 
Receptacle naked. 
Stokesia cyanea, or blue-flowered Stokesia.—This plant 
has a corolla resembling that of the common blue-bottle 
599 
(Centaurea Cyanus), with almost the calyx of Carthamus 
to which genus it was allied.—Native of South Carolina. 
STOKESLEY, a market town and parish of England, in 
the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated on a branch 
of the river Leven, and consists chiefly of one broad street. 
Excepting the shambles and tolbooth, the buildings are mostly 
modern. A church is mentioned here in the Domesday Sur¬ 
vey, but there is no evidence of the original foundation of 
St. Peter’s. About 1363, a chantry was founded within this 
building by William de Stokesley, for the repose of the sons 
of John de Middleton and his wife. The ancient church is 
still remaining, but a modern one has been built at the eastern 
extremity of the town. The rectory house was rebuilt in 
1792, and is an agreeable residence. Adjoining the church¬ 
yard on the north, stands the manor-house, a square building 
of stone, with gardens and a shrubbery in front. The petty 
sessions are held here for the western division of Langbourgh. 
The parish of Stokesley is of considerable extent, and incloses 
an area of about seven square miles. Within it are com¬ 
prised the townships of Stokesley, Bushby, and Easby, with 
the hamlet of Tamerton, and a part of Newby. The envi- 
virons of the town are fertile, and the lands chiefly laid out 
in pasture. The lordship of Stokesley was granted at an 
early period to the family of Baliol, and was possessed by 
Guy de Baliol, who came into England with William the 
Conqueror. In 1811, Stokesley contained 388 houses, and 
1439 inhabitants. Market on Saturday; 43 miles from 
York, and 242 north-west of London. 
STOLBERG, a small county of Prussian Saxony, ad¬ 
joining the counties of Schwartzburg and Mansfield. Its 
superficial extent is only 86 square miles; its population 
10,500. The north-west side, which lies partly in the Harz, 
is hilly, and contains mines of silver and other metals; but 
the south-east, particularly the part called the Golden Mea¬ 
dow, is among the most fertile and beautiful districts of 
Germany. 
STOLBERG, a small town of the Prussian province of 
the Lower Rhine, in the government of Aix-la-Chapelle, 
situated in a valley about 3 miles south-south-west of Esch- 
weiler,withonly2000inhabitants. Itcontainsextensivemanu- 
factures, established originally by French Protestant refugees. 
The neighbourhood has good coal mines; and the brass, 
copper, and hardware, of different kinds, made in this place 
and its vicinity, give employment to 800 or 900 workmen. 
Here are also some woollen manufactures. 
STOLBERG AM HARZ, a small town of Prussian 
Saxony, and the residence of the counts of Stolberg-Stol- 
berg. In the neighbourhood are mines of copper and iron. 
Population 1900; 42 miles west of Halle, and 16 south- 
south-west of Quedlinburg. Lat. 51. 35. 0. N. long. 10. 
56.53. E. 
STOLBOVA, a small town in the west of European 
Russia, government of Novgorod. A treaty was concluded 
here between Russia and Sweden in 1617. 
STOLE, s. [stola, Lat.; jcol, Sax.; stole, old French.] 
A long vest. 
The solemn feast of Ceres now was near, 
When long white linen stoles the matrons wear. Dry den. 
STOLE. The preterite of steal .—A factor stole a gem 
away. Pope. 
STOLE, or Stola, [from the Gr. a-roXy, signifying a 
long role, or vestment,'] a sacerdotal ornament, worn by the 
Romish parish-priests over their surplice, as a mark of supe¬ 
riority in their respective churches. 
STOLE, Groom of the, the eldest lord of his majesty’s 
bed-chamber, whose office and honour is to present and put 
on his majesty’s first garment or shirt every morning; and 
to order the things an the chamber. 
STO f LED, ad]. Wearing a stole or long robe. 
After them flew the prophets, brightly stol'd 
In shining lawn. G. Fletcher. 
In vain with timbrell’d anthems dark 
The sable-iio/ed sorcerers bear his worshipt ark. Milton. 
STO'LEN. 
