Stoke, Kent
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Stoke is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in the borough of Medway in Kent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,063.
The village is divided into Upper Stoke and Lower Stoke.
The Rose and Crown pub in Stoke Road is a Grade II building. It started life as a Georgian house in the late 18th century but has 20th century additions and alterations.
In the late 20th century the Ramsgate Flat Earth Society held council at Stoke and formed the North Kent Parochial Anarchists. This was announced on the parish and village notice board, opposite what now represents the village centre, and by public proclamation on the village green in 1984.
There was a large airship base nearby at Kingsnorth whence patrols went out covering the North Sea during World War I. It now lies beneath Kingsnorth Power Station.
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