Stoke Abbott
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Stoke Abbott is a village in west Dorset
, England
, two miles west of Beaminster
. The village has a population
of 209 , with 14.5% of dwellings being second home
s. 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", and, in a similar vein, Sir Frederick Treves in 1905 considered it "as pretty a village as any in Dorset". 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.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, two miles west of Beaminster
Beaminster
Beaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester...
. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 209 , with 14.5% of dwellings being second home
Second home
Second home may refer to:* Vacation property* Pied-à-terre* Second Home , an album by Marié Digby...
s. 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", and, in a similar vein, Sir Frederick Treves in 1905 considered it "as pretty a village as any in Dorset". The Very Rev Hedley Robert Burrows
Hedley Robert Burrows
The Very Rev Hedley Robert Burrows , was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century. He was educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford and was ordained in 1912. His first post was a curacy at St Peter’s, Petersfield after which he was a temporary World War I Chaplain...
(1887 - 1983), who later became Archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
and then Dean of Hereford, was incumbent at Stoke Abbott for a time.