TQ 92 NW 2 - Church of St Mary, Stone-cum-Ebony

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Monument record TQ 92 NW 2 - Church of St Mary, Stone-cum-Ebony

Summary

St Mary's Church is mentioned in various wills between 1468 and 1533. In 1858, the church of St Mary the Virgin, Ebony was rebuilt on a new site as the old site was three quarters of a mile from the nearest road and houses. The graveyard survives and appears to have been in use up to c.1900. The derelict, hexagonal Chapel Bank graveyard (TQ 92812972) was surveyed in 1979 by the Tenterden Area Archaeological Group. A space among the gravestones easily fitted the approximate dimensions of the church demolished in 1858. This was preceded by a much larger medieval church destroyed by fire in the 16th century. Finds at the site include 14th and 15th century floor-tiles, some re-used in the second church; medieval pottery sherds and fragments of painted glass; seventeenth century window glass and a tiny silver coin identified as a contemporary forgery of a 14th century penny from York mint.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 9280 2972 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ92NW
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	STONE-CUM-EBONY, ASHFORD, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Map of Kent 1769 23 (Andrews, Dury & Herbert) (OS Card Reference). SKE46516.

<3> Arch Cant extra vol 1907 108 "Testa Cant" (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE36363.

<4> Notice in St Mary's Church, Reading St., Tenterden (OS Card Reference). SKE47705.

<5> F1 ASP 01.03.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41855.

<6> Arch Cant 95 1979 307-8 (M C Lebon) (OS Card Reference). SKE36231.

<7> Timber & Brick Bldgs in Kent 1971 plate 25 (K Gravett) (OS Card Reference). SKE50564.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 92 NW 2 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4701.

<9> Cecily Lebon and Alec Miles, 1992, The excavations on the site of St Mary's church, Chapel Bank, Tenterden, with indications of the deserted medieval settlement of Ebony (Article in serial). SKE51731.

<10> Sir John Winnifrith (partial), 2012, The history of the Medieval Church of Ebony and coin spread from the Hogwell (Unpublished document). SKE53462.

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SKE48369 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2> SKE46516 OS Card Reference: Map of Kent 1769 23 (Andrews, Dury & Herbert).
<3> SKE36363 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant extra vol 1907 108 "Testa Cant" (A Hussey).
<4> SKE47705 OS Card Reference: Notice in St Mary's Church, Reading St., Tenterden.
<5> SKE41855 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01.03.63.
<6>XY SKE36231 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 95 1979 307-8 (M C Lebon). [Mapped feature: #32650 site of church, ]
<7> SKE50564 OS Card Reference: Timber & Brick Bldgs in Kent 1971 plate 25 (K Gravett).
<8> SKE4701 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 92 NW 2 - March, 1963.
<9> SKE51731 Article in serial: Cecily Lebon and Alec Miles. 1992. The excavations on the site of St Mary's church, Chapel Bank, Tenterden, with indications of the deserted medieval settlement of Ebony. Archaeologia Cantiana vol. 110 pp49-70.
<10> SKE53462 Unpublished document: Sir John Winnifrith (partial). 2012. The history of the Medieval Church of Ebony and coin spread from the Hogwell.

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Former Church of St Mary and graveyard, Stone-cum-Ebony