Welcome to Chetnole & Stockwood Parish Council

Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council is made up of 7 Council Members representing the Wards of Chetnole and Stockwood. The Chetnole Ward has 6 Council Members serving a population of approximately 290, whilst Stockwood has only one Member serving a population of approximately 20.

The term of the council is normally 4 years but this term will again be 5 years, as was the last, in order to align with the new Unitary Councils in Dorset.  The current term commenced in May 2024 and will run until May 2029, when the next Parish Council elections will take place.  

The Council meet every other month commencing in January each year and meetings take place in the Village Hall in Chetnole.  If you wish to contact the Council please ‘contact us‘.

The name “Chetnole” is thought to mean ‘Ceatta’s hillock or hilltop’ from an Old English proper name and ‘cnoll’. Chetnole is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and there is no convincing evidence of a settlement at that time. The Parish Church of St Peter is made up of several different buildings from different time periods: the 13th Century barrel-vaulted nave, the 15th Century tower, the 17th Century porch and the 19th Century chancel. The country house, Nappers, was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Chetnole is situated on the small River Wriggle which flows north from Hilfield to the River Yeo near Bradford Abbas. There was a school in Chetnole, at the end of School Lane, from 1851 until 1938.

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