Ebony, Kent

Coordinates: 51°01′00″N 0°45′55″E / 51.0167°N 0.7654°E / 51.0167; 0.7654
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Ebony
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTONBRIDGE
Postcode districtTN30
Dialling code01233
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51°01′00″N 0°45′55″E / 51.0167°N 0.7654°E / 51.0167; 0.7654

Ebony is a hamlet in the

Scray, W. division, but chiefly in the hundred of Oxney
, lathe of Shepway, E. division, of Kent, 4 miles (S. E.) from Tenterden. [1]

The place-name 'Ebony' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 833, where it appears as Ebbanea. The name means 'Ebba's or Ybba's stream'.[1]

In 1891 the parish had a population of 174.[2] In 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Stone to form "Stone cum Ebony", part also went to Tenterden.[3]

Notable residents (past & present)

Ebony was formerly an island surrounded by marsh and the tidal waters of the

Roger of Hoveden
may refer to the strategically-situated Ebony in the marshlands of the South Coast, rather than to the Isle of Man or the Hebrides. The fact that the church at Ebony was of Saxon foundation has been cited in support for this hypothesis; however there is no evidence for a 9th-century date for the church and the earliest reference is from 1070.

An annual pilgrimage from the Reading Street site of the church to the original site on Chapel Bank occurs in September.

The nearby church of the village of Stone-cum-Ebony, on the Isle of Oxney, is also dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and should not be confused with Ebony church

References

  1. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.159.
  2. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Tenterden Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ Sir Donald Sinden, CBE Authorised Biography – Debrett’s People of Today, Sir Donald Sinden, CBE Profile Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Debretts.com (9 October 1923).
  5. ^ "Sir Donald Sinden".
  6. ^ "Marc Sinden: former Mrs McCartney is 'the most misquoted lady I've ever met'". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

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