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Stoke is a civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, to the south of Allhallows, on the north of the Medway Estuary. The parish had a population of 1,060 at the 2011 census. [1] The two small villages of Lower Stoke and Stoke (sometimes referred to as Upper Stoke) stand on low-lying fertile farmland that is at most 17 m above highwater.
Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. [101] Stoke-on-Trent is the smallest city to boast two professional clubs in the English Football League. The club bearing the area's name is Stoke City, formed in 1863 and is the second-oldest professional football club in England. [102]
List of settlements in Kent by population; List of civil parishes in Kent; Category:Civil parishes in Kent; Category:Towns in Kent; Category:Villages in Kent; Category:Geography of Kent; List of places in England
Hoo Peninsula. The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway.It is dominated by a line of chalk, clay and sand hills, [2] surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt.
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Stoke also had the main railway station (other towns were connected by the "loop" line) making the name of Stoke perhaps the most familiar outside the area. It made sense to name the city after the oldest and most commonly recognised name, even though it was not then the most significant town from a commercial perspective.