Stone In Oxney
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 11 miles (18 km) 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. Often thought to be an altar of Mithras, it in fact depicts Apis.
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. In 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Ebony to form "Stone cum Ebony".
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Roman Altar at Stone in the Isle of Oxney
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stone in Oxney.
- ^ Ashford Borough Council Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Census 2001
- ^ Village Net Archived 2006-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Roman cult of Mithras.
- ^ "Population statistics Stone CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Tenterden Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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