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Stour Provost
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English
thumb|St Michael & All Angels, Stour Provost
Etymology
Recorded as Sture Preauus in 1270, an estate on the River Stour held by the Norman abbey of Préaux, later passed to the provost of King's College, Cambridge, so the affix must have been changed accordingly.
Proper noun
Stour provost
en village/and/cpar (served by The Stours Grouped Parish Council) in co/Dorset cc/England previously in dist/North Dorset OS grid ref ST7921.
References
Parish map
Further reading