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Stourpaine (/ s t aʊər ˈ p eɪ n /) is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the Dorset administrative district, three miles (five kilometres) northwest of Blandford Forum.
Stourpaine is our village in the Blackmore Vale. Centrally-placed in North Dorset, we see many holidaymakers pass us by who are then missing the surrounding countryside in its many-seasoned splendour. We straddle two Areas of Outstanding National Beauty: Dorset AONB and the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB.
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STOURPAINE, a parish, with a village, and with Ashe tything, in Blandford district, Dorset; on the River Stour and on the Dorset and Somerset railway, 3 miles NNW of Blandford.
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The Parish of Stourpaine is situated on the east bank of the river Stour, approximately 2.5 miles north of Blandford Forum. The older part of the village generally lies to the west of the main road. The older parts of the village are predominately 18th and early 19th Century cottages.
Stourpaine, a parish, with a village, and with Ashe tithing, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour, and 3 miles from Blandford station on the Somerset and Dorset railway. It has a post office under Blandford; money order and telegraph office, Blandford. Acreage, 2375; population, 490.
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Secular. Mediaeval and Later Earthworks. Roman and Prehistoric. Undated. Footnotes. 46 STOURPAINE (8609) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NE, ST 81 SE) The parish, of 2,300 acres, lies entirely upon Chalk on the E. bank of the R. Stour. The Iwerne Brook flows through the western part of the parish to join the Stour a little S. of the village.
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