Stoke Prior is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ford and Stoke Prior in Herefordshire, England, and is 2 mi south-east from Leominster. The village' population is included with Ford and Stoke Prior; at the 2011 census this was 364. Stoke Prior Community Primary School has three classes for children from the ages of 4 to 11. In a 2007 Ofsted inspection, the Overall effectiveness of the school was rated as Grade 1 (Outstanding). At the Stoke Prior Halt railway station, Stoke Prior was served by the now closed Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway. In 1961 the parish had a population of 249. On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Ford to form "Ford & Stoke Prior", part also went to Leominster and part also went to form Docklow & Hampton Wafer.