Stockbury Explained

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.

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51.3167°N 39°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 17 September 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Hasted . Edward . 1800 . Parishes . The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent . Institute of Historical Research . 5 . 572–585 . 8 February 2014.
  3. Web site: The Three Squirrels Pub, Stockbury. www.geograph.org.uk . 9 December 2008 . 8 February 2014.