Stourmouth is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Dover non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...
of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. The parish contains the settlements of East and West Stourmouth, and the hamlet of
Plucks Gutter
Plucks Gutter is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. The hamlet is situated where the Little Stour and Great Stour rivers meet.
Etymology
The hamlet is named after a Dutch Drainage Engineer called Ploeg, whose grave is ...
.
The 'Stourmouth' name derives from a village that was at the mouth of the
River Stour before the
Wantsum Channel
The Wantsum Channel was a strait separating the Isle of Thanet from the north-eastern extremity of the English county of Kent and connecting the English Channel and the Thames Estuary. It was a major shipping route when Britain was part of the Rom ...
was cut off from the sea.
East Stourmouth is the main population centre, on the B2048 road that bridges the River Stour at Plucks Gutter. It is referred to as 'Stourmouth' on road signs. It has no church, nor any public buildings. The Rising Sun
public house
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was built in 1372 as a bakery, and is today used as the parish polling station for elections. Until the 1970s there was a village post office
and bakery.
West Stourmouth village is the site of the
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
which dates to Saxon times, but other than a vicarage, West Stourmouth consists of a few scattered farms.
See also
*
All Saints Church, West Stourmouth
All Saints Church, West Stourmouth, is a redundant church, redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I Listed building#England ...
References
External links
Civil parish website*
Civil parishes in Kent
Dover District
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