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The History of Kent
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History of Stanford
Stanford comes from the Old English words ‘stān’ meaning a ‘stone, rock’ and ‘ford’ as a ‘ford’; therefore, ‘stone ford’.
Stanford parish church is dedicated to All Saints, and built in 1841 replacing an earlier construction. Initially it only consisted of a chancel and the windows from the mediaeval church, with the nave added in 1878…. More
Edward Hasted described the earlier church in his topographical survey of 1799 as a ‘small mean building, and consists of one isle and one chancel, having a low pointed turret at the west end, in which are two bells.’ He continues ‘The church of Stanford has always been esteemed as a chapel to the church of Liminge; the rector of which is inducted to the rectory of Liminge, with the chapels of Padlesworth and Stanford annexed, under which parish a further account of it may be seen.’