Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STONE

STONE, a parish, with a village, in Tenterden district, Kent; 3 miles SW of Appledore r. station, and 4¾ NNE of Rye. It has a post-office under Rye. Acres, 3,042. Real property, £5,800. Pop., 422. Houses, 73. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £380. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter ofThe church is old. There are a dissenting chapel, and charities £32.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stone CP/AP       Tenterden RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Stone

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