Stoke Prior, Herefordshire

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Stoke Prior is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ford and Stoke Prior in Herefordshire, England, and is 2 miles (3 km) south-east from Leominster.[1]

The village' population is included with Ford and Stoke Prior;[2] at the 2011 census this was 364.[3]

Stoke Prior Community Primary School has three classes for children from the ages of 4 to 11. In a 2007 Ofsted inspection, the Overall effectiveness of the school was rated as Grade 1 (Outstanding).[4]

At the Stoke Prior Halt railway station, Stoke Prior was served by the now closed Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway.

In 1961 the parish had a population of 249.[5] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Ford to form "Ford & Stoke Prior", part also went to Leominster and part also went to form Docklow & Hampton Wafer.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 149 Hereford & Leominster (Bromyard & Ledbury) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319229538.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ^ Edwards, Paul (21 February 2007). "Inspection report: Stoke Prior Primary School" (PDF). Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Population statistics Stoke Prior CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Leominster Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 25 August 2023.


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