# West Stafford

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Village and civil parish in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

West Stafford Stafford House, West Stafford West Stafford Location within Dorset Population 291 [1] OS grid reference SY726895 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town DORCHESTER Postcode district DT2 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°42′18″N 2°23′21″W / 50.70500°N 2.38917°W / 50.70500; -2.38917

**West Stafford** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in southwest [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England), situated in the [Frome valley](/source/River_Frome%2C_Dorset) 2 miles (3.2 km) east of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). In the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) the parish had a population of 291.[1] The village contains the [public house](/source/Public_house) 'The Wise Man Inn', and St Andrew's Church. The river Winterbourne runs beside the village and 2 miles south lies the village of [West Knighton](/source/West_Knighton%2C_Dorset). [Thomas Hardy](/source/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.

[Reginald Bosworth Smith](/source/Reginald_Bosworth_Smith), schoolmaster, author and [President of the Oxford Union](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Oxford_Union), was born in West Stafford on 28 June 1839.[2] His father, [Reginald Southwell Smith](/source/Reginald_Southwell_Smith), was the fourth son of [Sir John Wyldbore Smith](/source/Smith-Marriott_baronets), Baronet, of [Sydling St Nicholas](/source/Sydling_St_Nicholas), Dorset.

## See also

- [Baron Fellowes of West Stafford](/source/Baron_Fellowes_of_West_Stafford)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ons_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ons_1-1) ["Area: West Stafford (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130401&c=West+Stafford&d=16&e=62&g=6418339&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1401317431136&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 28 May 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Grogan, Ellinor Flora Bosworth Smith (1 January 1909). [*Reginald Bosworth Smith; a memoir*](http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006565187). London: J. Nisbet & Co., limited.

## External links

Media related to [West Stafford](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:West_Stafford) at Wikimedia Commons

- [West Stafford Web site](https://www.west-stafford.com)

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