Stoke Prior, Herefordshire
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| Stoke Prior | |
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  Stoke Prior Location within Herefordshire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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] it was 364 at the 2011 census.[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". Parts also went to Leominster and to form Docklow & Hampton Wafer.[6]
