In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stone like this:
STONE-near-DARTFORD, a parish, with a village, in Dartford district, Kent; on the North Kent railway, and the river Thames, 1 mile W by S of Greenhithe r. station, and 2 E by N of Dartford. It has a post-office under Dartford. Acres, 3,305; of which 305 are water. Real property, £6,830. Pop. in 1851, 829; in 1861, 1,013. Houses, 188. The property is subdivided. The manor was given, by Ethelred, to the Bishops of Rochester. S. Castle was built in the time of King John; and is now represented by a small tower in an edifice of its own name, the residence of T. Cooper, Esq. There are numerous good mansions and recent villas. Fruit is extensively grown; and chalk and sand are dug. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £800.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church includes portions from transition Norman to later English. Charities, £6.
Stone through time
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