Stockbury

Stockbury
St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury
Stockbury Location within Kent
Population	691 (2011 Census)
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SITTINGBOURNE
Postcode district	ME9
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Faversham and Mid Kent
List of places UK England Kent 51°19′N0°39′E / 51.317°N 0.650°E / 51.317; 0.650

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. ^{[4] [5]} Listed in the Domesday Book.

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
2. Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 5. Institute of Historical Research: 572–585. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
3. "The Three Squirrels Pub, Stockbury". www.geograph.org.uk. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
4. Historic England. "Church of St Mary Magdalene (1086193)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
5. Historic England. "Ringworks and baileys at Church Farm (1009949)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 January 2012.

External links

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