Country: | England |
Region: | South East England |
Shire District: | Maidstone |
Shire County: | Kent |
Postcode Area: | ME |
Postcode District: | ME9 |
Post Town: | SITTINGBOURNE |
Constituency Westminster: | Faversham and Mid Kent |
Coordinates: | 51.3167°N 39°W |
Population: | 691 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Static Image Name: | St Mary Magdalene, Stockbury, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 375113.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury |
Stockbury is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the Census 2011 was 691.[1]
In 1800, Edward Hasted noted, it was called in the Domesday survey, Stochingeberge, in later records, Stockesburie, and then Stockbury.Most of the parish was within the hundred of Eyhorne and a division of West Kent.[2]
Most of the parish is on a valley (between Key Street, Sittingbourne and Detling Hill, Maidstone).[2]
On St. Mary Magdalen's day, 22 July, there used to be a pedlars fair near the Three Squirrels public house.[3]
The parish church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, is a Grade I listed building and the adjacent ringwork is a scheduled monument. Listed in the Domesday Book.