Stoke Prior is a village and former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Ford and Stoke Prior in
Herefordshire
Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...
, England, and is south-east from
Leominster
Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almos ...
.
The village' population is included with Ford and Stoke Prior;
at the
2011 census this was 364.
Stoke Prior Community Primary School has three classes for children from the ages of 4 to 11. In a 2007
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training ...
inspection, the Overall effectiveness of the school was rated as Grade 1 (Outstanding).
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. On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with
Ford to form "Ford & Stoke Prior", part also went to Leominster and part also went to form
Docklow & Hampton Wafer.
External links
Stoke Prior Community Primary School
References
Villages in Herefordshire
Former civil parishes in Herefordshire
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