Stonar, Kent
Historical Description
Stonar, a quondam town and a parish in Kent. The town stood on the river Stour, 1 mile NNE of Sandwich, is supposed to have been the Lapis Tituli of the Romans, was the place of Louis the Dauphin's debarkation in 1216, and of Edward III.'s embarkation in 1359, was destroyed by the French in 1385, figured as a member of Sandwich in 1773, and is now represented only by a farmhouse. Post town, Sandwich. The parish comprises 680 acres; population, 25. There is no church.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Stonar St. Augustine | |
| Hundred | Ringslow | |
| Lathe | St. Augustine | |
| Poor Law union | Isle of Thanet |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stonar from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stonar (St. Augustine))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.