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Latitude: 51.1256 / 51°7'32"N
Longitude: 1.2433 / 1°14'36"E
OS Eastings: 627046
OS Northings: 141258
OS Grid: TR270412
Mapcode National: GBR W1K.95B
Mapcode Global: VHLH9.HZN0
Plus Code: 9F3346GV+68
Entry Name: Stone Marking the Site of St Mary's Church the Polton Stone
Listing Date: 28 May 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1070026
English Heritage Legacy ID: 178605
Location: Hougham Without, Dover, Kent, CT15
County: Kent
Civil Parish: Hougham Without
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
TR 24 SE HOUGHAM POLTON
4/76 Stone marking
the site of St.
Mary's Church
(The Polton
Stone)
II
Stone marking site of St. Mary's Church, Polton. C18. About 2 feet
high with rounded head. Inscription in simple lettering:
Here did
Stand the Parish
Church of Polton
IX mentioned in
Domesday Book
under the title...
The last 2 lines now illegible, but recorded elsewhere as ...
of Chenth in the
Hundred of Bewsborough
The Church still had bequests made to it in 1533, and a curacy in 1563.
(See I. Green, Bygone Kent 4, 4 May 1983, p.298).
Listing NGR: TR2736640330
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