Stour Provost

English

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

  1. A village and civil parish (served by The Stours Grouped Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7921).

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