East Stourmouth
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East Stourmouth is part of the parish of Stourmouth in Kent, England.
This part of the parish of Stourmouth village is centred around the Rising Sun Public House built in 1372 as a bakery. The Rising Sun is unusual in that it is used as the local polling station on election days as there are no public buildings within the parish. Until the 1970s there was also a village Post Office and Bakery.
The village of East Stourmouth lays on the C2048 road from Monkton to Wingham and is served by occasional buses from Canterbury. The nearest rail stations are at Adisham [6 miles] and Minster [5 miles]. Taxis can be obtained from Canterbury or Sandwich.
About a mile from East Stourmouth is the hamlet of Plucks Gutter
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Adisham • Barham • Bekesbourne • Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne • Bishopsbourne • Blean • Bridge • Chartham • Chartham Hatch • Chestfield • Chislet • East Stourmouth • Fordwich • Greenhill • Hackington • Harbledown • Herne • Herne and Broomfield • Herne Bay • Hersden • Hoath • Ickham • Ickham and Well • Kingston • Littlebourne • Lower Hardres • Marshside • Patrixbourne • Petham • Plucks Gutter • Reculver • Stourmouth • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper Harbledown • Upper Hardres • Waltham • Westbere • Whitstable • Wickhambreaux • Womenswold |
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