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stone

British unit of mass (chiefly used to express body mass) equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (6.35 kg).

Stone

Market town in Staffordshire, central England, on the River Trent, 11 km/7 mi north of Stafford; population (2001) 14,550. Industries include brewing and the manufacture of ceramics, glass, and footwear.

There was formerly a priory and a grammar school established in 1558.

Stone

Village in Kent, southeast England, 3 km/2 mi east of Dartford; population (2001) 6,250. Cement manufacture is the chief industry. The church of St Mary's is believed to have been built in about 1260 by the masons of Westminster Abbey. It has a tall nave and rich foliage carvings in the Early English Gothic style.



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