Stoak

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Stoak
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Bridge 139 (Meadow Lane Bridge), Shropshire Union Canal, near Stoak
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Stoak
Location within Cheshire
Population171 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ421731
Civil parish
  • Stoak
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH2
Dialling code 01244
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Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
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53°15′11″N2°52′01″W / 53.253°N 2.867°W / 53.253; -2.867 Coordinates: 53°15′11″N2°52′01″W / 53.253°N 2.867°W / 53.253; -2.867

Stoak is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Within the parish, to the west of the village is the intersection of the M53 and M56 Motorways, and to its east the Shropshire Union Canal.

The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 census was 171. [1] The name of the parish was changed from the previous Stoke after a review of town and parish councils in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority. [2] [3] The parish should not be confused with a different Cheshire parish called Stoke, in Cheshire East.

The parish church in the village, St Lawrence's Church, is a Grade II* listed building. [4]

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. Compendium of Decision Notices, Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, 28 November 2014. p. 69
  3. "STOAK". GENUKI. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. "Church of St Lawrence, Stoke". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 December 2015.