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Stone-cum-Ebony

Coordinates: 51°01′00″N 0°45′55″E / 51.0167°N 0.7654°E / 51.0167; 0.7654
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Stone-cum-Ebony
Stone-cum-Ebony is located in Kent
Stone-cum-Ebony
Stone-cum-Ebony
Location within Kent
Area19.18 km2 (7.41 sq mi)
Population460 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ939278
Civil parish
  • Stone-cum-Ebony
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTONBRIDGE
Postcode districtTN30
Dialling code01233
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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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 the Ashford district, in Kent, England. It includes the village of Stone in Oxney and tiny community of Ebony. In 2011 it had a population of 460.

Geography

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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

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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. Its 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.

Notable residents (past & present)

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References

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  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. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ "georgedigweed.com". www.georgedigweed.com.
  4. ^ Press, Hastings Independent (25 March 2022). "Meeting the Old Master".
  5. ^ Debrett's Distinguished People of Today (2007)
  6. ^ http://kent.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sir-donald-sinden-8037/ [dead link]
  7. ^ "Marc Sinden: former Mrs McCartney is 'the most misquoted lady I've ever met'". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.