Country: | England |
Official Name: | Stone in Oxney |
Coordinates: | 51.0167°N 0.7654°W |
Civil Parish: | Stone-cum-Ebony |
Population: | 392 |
Population Ref: | (2001)[1] (Parish) |
Shire District: | Ashford |
Shire County: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Ashford |
Post Town: | TENTERDEN |
Postcode District: | TN30 |
Postcode Area: | TN |
Dial Code: | 01233 |
Os Grid Reference: | TQ939278 |
Static Image: | St Mary The Virgin Church, Stone in Oxney, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 891519.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church |
Stone in Oxney is a village in the civil parish of Stone-cum-Ebony, in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. It is south of Ashford, near Appledore.
The village is 11miles south east of Tenterden, and stands in a position on the eastern side of the Isle of Oxney. The stone that gives the village its name is preserved in the village church, and is of Roman origin.[2] Often thought to be an altar of Mithras, it in fact depicts Apis.[3]
The Saxon Shore Way, a long-distance walking route tracing the old Saxon shoreline, passes through the parish.
In 1891 the parish of "Stone" had a population of 356.[4] In 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Ebony to form "Stone cum Ebony".[5]