Listed Building: STONE MARKING THE SITE OF ST MARY'S CHURCH AND THE POLTON STONE (1070026)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1412, 4, 76
Date assigned 28 May 1987
Date last amended

Description

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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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 2704 4125 (point)
Map sheet TR24SE
Civil Parish HOUGHAM WITHOUT, DOVER, KENT

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2011 12:54PM