West Stafford

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West Stafford
Dorset

Stafford House, West Stafford
Location
Grid reference: SY726895
Location: 50°42’18"N, 2°23’20"W
Data
Population: 291  (2011)
Post town: Dorchester
Postcode: DT2
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Dorset

West Stafford is a village in south-western Dorset, in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester. The 2011 census noted a parish population of 291.

The village contains the public house 'The Wise Man Inn', and St Andrew's Church. The River Winterbourne runs beside the village and two miles south is the village of West Knighton.

Thomas Hardy, when training as an architect, assisted in the design of Talbothays Lodge and the cottages opposite. The village is also accepted as the setting for part of Hardy's novel Tess or the D'Urbevilles, during the period when Tess works at the Talbothays Dairy.

Outside links

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