DOMESDAY BOOK
Roger holds Stoke (Pero) himself. Ailhilla(?) held it before 1066; it paid tax for
1/2 virgateof land. Land for 2 ploughs. 1 plough there, with 1 slave; 2 smallholders.
Pasture, 50 acres;Woodland, 60 acres. 5 cattle; 7 Pigs; 20sheep; 20goats. The value was and is 5s.
ADMINISTRATION
Ancient Parish, Carhampton Hundred, Williton -Poor Law Union, –
Rural Sanitary District, Rural District, abolished as civil district in1933 to Luccombe.
Parliamentary- Western Division (1832-67), West Division (1867-85),
Western Division (1885-1918), Bridgwater Division (1918-48).
Ecclesiastical Boundary Change 1952.
STOKE PERO CHURCH
The present building was restored in 1897, its tower is from mediaeval times and at time
unknown its tower top was removed and replaced with a saddleback roof. There are 3 bells.
At 1013ft. the church is the highest standing church on Exmoor.
PORLOCK AND PORLOCK WEIR WITH STOKE PERO