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Stansted (sometimes spelled Stanstead in older records) is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted,_Kent+ Stansted Kent Wikipedia] It should not be confused with [[Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex]]<br> | Stansted (sometimes spelled Stanstead in older records) is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted,_Kent+ Stansted Kent Wikipedia] It should not be confused with [[Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex]]<br> | ||
Stanstead St Mary the Virgin is an | Stanstead St Mary the Virgin is an Ecclesiasticl Parish in the Diocese of Rochester which includes Fairseat and Vigo within the parish boundary; a map of the boundary may be viewed at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stansted-st-mary-kent/+ A church near you]<br> | ||
It is a medieval church which until 1846 had been provided with a curacy in the parish of [[Wrotham, Kent]] It had been created a parish between 1647-1660 by Act of Parliament but reverted to a Chapel of ease from 1660-1846. | |||
The church of St Mary Plaxdale Green Road has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-427076-church-of-st-mary-stansted+ British listed building].<br> | The church of St Mary Plaxdale Green Road has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-427076-church-of-st-mary-stansted+ British listed building].<br> | ||
See Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 1-5 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62883+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Stansted+ Kent Churches website]<br> | See Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 1-5 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62883+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Stansted+ Kent Churches website]<br> | ||
See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/stan_plc.htm+ Stansted North West Kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/stan_c01.htm+ Stansted St Mary]<br> | See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/stan_plc.htm+ Stansted North West Kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/stan_c01.htm+ Stansted St Mary]<br> | ||