Sturry

Other current and historical names

Esturai

Built-Up Area: Sturry
Parish/Community: Sturry
District/Borough: Canterbury
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'1"N 1°7'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 617725, 160321
OS Grid: TR177603
Mapcode Local: GBR TXY.GGC
Mapcode Global: VHLGG.DKGZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sturry within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sturry in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sturry, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (for Herne Bay), Kent - par., 3151 ac., pop. 1175; vil., on river Stour, 2½ miles NE. of Canterbury; P.O., T.O.

Sturry in the Domesday Book

A village in Sturry hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury St Augustine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £45 in 1070; £50 in 1086
- Households: 39 villagers; 32 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 10, value £8
- Other resources: 7 fisheries

British Place Names

Sturry, Kent

Sturry is a village in Kent

Sturry in historic gazetteers

Sturry in the Domesday Book