Place:Stour Provost, Dorset, England

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NameStour Provost
Alt namesStower Provostsource: Wikipedia
TypeVillage
Coordinates50.9923°N 2.1103°W
Located inDorset, England
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. In old writings it is usually spelled Stower Provost.

Stour Provost once constituted a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Today the parish includes the settlements of Woodville and Stour Row to the east. In the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 560.

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