| Stoke Abbott | |
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Stoke Abbott
Stoke Abbott shown within Dorset |
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| Population | 209 |
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| OS grid reference | ST453006 |
| District | West Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | West Dorset |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Stoke Abbott is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 209 (As of 2001[update]), with 14.5% of dwellings being second homes. The late Ralph Wightman, agriculturist, broadcaster and native of Dorset, described the village as "a beautiful place of deep lanes, orchards and old houses, with a church of quiet charm",[1] and, in a similar vein, Sir Frederick Treves in 1905 considered it "as pretty a village as any in Dorset".[2] The Very Rev Hedley Robert Burrows (1887 - 1983), who later became Archdeacon of Winchester and then Dean of Hereford, was incumbent at Stoke Abbott for a time.