Stone-cum-Ebony

Stone-cum-Ebony
Stone-cum-Ebony
 Stone-cum-Ebony shown within Kent
Area  19.18 km2 (7.41 sq mi)
Population 460 (Civil Parish)[1]
    density  24/km2 (62/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ939278
Civil parishStone-cum-Ebony
DistrictAshford
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town TONBRIDGE
Postcode district TN30
Dialling code 01233
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentAshford
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Coordinates: 51°01′00″N 0°45′55″E / 51.0167°N 0.7654°E / 51.0167; 0.7654

Stone-cum-Ebony is a large mostly rural and marshland civil parish centred 7 miles (11 km) SSW of Ashford in Kent, South East England. It includes the village of Stone in Oxney and tiny community of Ebony. Its population expanded by 68 in the ten years to 2011.

Geography

The parish is south east of Tenterden, and stands mostly slightly elevated on the eastern side of the Isle of Oxney.

The Saxon Shore Way, a long distance walking route tracing the old Saxon shoreline, passes through the parish. Wholly within the greater Isle of Oxney, the far north of the parish is marked by a small tributary of the Rother. It has one long street lined community at its centre.

History

Being almost flat and rectangular in area, the current bounds are those reflecting the centuries-old church parish boundaries: the south-east of the parish has the Royal Military Canal which helps to drain what was otherwise an almost impenetrable marsh and the west of the parish reaches to include about a quarter of Wittersham village centre. It baptist chapel in the north of the street is now a cottage.[2] The remaining religious building is a Grade II* church, i.e. mid-ranked in the national listed building ranking system. 10 other buildings, nearly half of those in total, are listed on the main street.

Past residents

External links

References

  1. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1326642)". National Heritage List for England.
  3. http://www.georgedigweed.com/meetgeorge/agency.html
  4. Debrett's Distinguished People of Today (2007)
  5. http://kent.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sir-donald-sinden-8037/
  6. "Marc Sinden: former Mrs McCartney is ‘the most misquoted lady I’ve ever met’". Liverpool Daily Post. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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