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to the northwest of the village are the remains of earthworks of an early settlement, consisting of a low bank 9 metres (30 ft) wide and traces of a ditch, though historic quarrying around the hill may have destroyed more. Mid-1st-century
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was rector here between 1782 and 1786; at the end of his incumbency he published his most well known piece,
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military artefacts were found on the hill's southern slopes in 1876–1878. In the
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origins but has been altered and added to over the centuries. The 12th-century
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in 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche and had 32 households.
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in 1906 considered it "as pretty a village as any in Dorset".
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In the UK national parliament, Stoke Abbott is within the
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Stoke Abbott is located in Dorset
Dorset
OS grid reference
ST453006
Unitary authority
Dorset
Shire county
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
DT8
Police
Dorset
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
West Dorset
UK
England
Dorset
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