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North
Stifford Village -
a
brief introduction
North Stifford Village is a
traditional English village
with its pub, church,
thatched cottages and
village green where in
summer cricket is often
played. Nowhere else
in the Borough of Thurrock
is there a group of such
delightful 17th century
cottages, so well kept and
preserved.
The Village consists of a High Road of approximately
one mile long.
It's boundaries to the east are
Cuckoo Lane, to the west Pilgrims Lane, to the south
the A1306 and to the north the Mardyke Valley. |
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The Village is part of a much larger area known as
North Stifford and lies within the Green Belt land
just to the North of the River Thames, approximately
5 miles from the Queen Elizabeth Bridge and the M25.
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Within the
Village is St Mary's, a 12th Century Church, the Park Inn
(formerly the Stifford Lodge) and the Dog & Partridge Pub which
started life as a 16th century house called "Lovelands".
All the houses on the north side of the
High Road look out over the Mardyke Valley which is rich in an
abundance of flora and fauna. |
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The residents are very protective of the rural
aspect of the Village and, over the years, the
modern houses that have been built nestle
comfortably betwixt and between the thatched
cottages and other old buildings, complimenting each
other. The old and the new existing in
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The
North Stifford Village Hall, which was gifted to the Village in 1959,
is
run by a voluntary Committee.
It is situated just on the boundary
of the Cricket Green.
There is a children's play area next to the Village
Hall
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North Stifford Village has one corner shop which is a general
store and off licence.
Alongside the village runs a small river called The
Mardyke which gives its name to the Mardyke Valley.
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Local Yokel - Villagers' Lament
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