Folke
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately Template:Convert south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of Template:Convert and is made of the villages of Folke and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down.
Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the population of Folke parish is 270.<ref name="dcc" /> In the 2011 census figures have been published for the population of Folke parish combined with the small parish of North Wootton to the north; this was 339.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Manor House in the hamlet of Folke dates from about 1500 and adjoins the early 17th-century parish church.<ref name="Guide">Template:Cite book</ref> The house of Font le Roi, sited by the road towards Sturminster Newton, was built as a gatehouse in the 15th century.<ref name="Guide" /> Folke Wood is nearby.
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