Stolford

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.2042
longitude = -3.1049
official_name = Stolford
population =
shire_district = Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region = South West England
constituency_westminster = Bridgwater
post_town = BRIDGWATER
postcode_district = TA5
Postcode_area = TA
dial_code = 01278
os_grid_reference = ST229455

Stolford is a village in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.

The name is believed to mean 'The stile ford' from the Old English "stigol" and "ford". [cite book |last=Robinson |first= Stephen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=Dovecote Press |location= |isbn=1874336032 ]

It is close to Hinkley Point.

The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severerecent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, sea level rise and wave action had made someof the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future. [cite web |url=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/stolford_to_combwich.pdf.pdf |title=Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study |accessdate=2007-10-31 |format=PDF |work=Environment Agency ]

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