Place:West Stour, Dorset, England

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NameWest Stour
Alt namesStursource: Domesday Book (1985) p 95
Sturesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 95
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates51°N 2.3°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoRedland Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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West Stour is a village and civil parish situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset, England. It is one of a group of villages known as The Stours, located in the River Stour Valley, south of Gillingham. West Stour has a village hall, one public house and a service station on the main A30 road.

West Stour is one of four parishes—the others being East Stour, Stour Provost and Todber—under the governance of The Stours Parish Council. It has a population of about 200.

The nearest railway station is at Gillingham. Trains run on the Exeter to Waterloo line.

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