Stockwood, Dorset

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Stockwood
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Church of St Edwold, Stockwood
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Stockwood
Location within Dorset
Population27 (2001 census)
Civil parish
  • Stockwood
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°51′42″N2°35′14″W / 50.86167°N 2.58722°W / 50.86167; -2.58722

Stockwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, around eight miles south-west of Sherborne and less than a mile away from Chetnole railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There are a few houses on the road leading to the A37 between Yeovil and Dorchester. In 2001 the parish had a population of 27.

St Edwold's Church, often described as Dorset's smallest church, is located in Stockwood. [1]

References

  1. Kinross, John (2003). Discovering England's smallest churches. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 39–40. ISBN   1-84212-728-4.

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