West Stour, Dorset
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| West Stour | |
|---|---|
 The Ship Inn, West Stour | |
  West Stour Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 200 |
| OS grid reference | ST785226 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gillingham |
| Postcode district | SP8 |
| Dialling code | 01747 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
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, five miles (eight kilometres) 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.[1] It has a population of about 200.[2]
The nearest railway station is at Gillingham. Trains run on the Exeter to Waterloo line.
In 1086 in the Domesday Book two settlements were recorded in the parish: West Stour and Little Kington. The latter remained small but West Stour developed into a village. West Stour's open fields were enclosed in 1779.[3]
