Stanney, Great
STANNEY, GREAT, an extra-parochial liberty, in
the union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the
hundred of Wirrall, S. division of the county of
Chester, 6¾ miles (N.) from Chester; containing 53
inhabitants. This liberty, which belonged to the adjacent abbey of Stanlow, comprises 947 acres of excellent
arable and meadow land, in which is found marl of very
good quality, composed of alluvial matter: large trees
have been dug up in the meadows. The ancient mansion here of the family of Bunbury, called Rake Hall,
has been repaired by its present owner, Sir Henry Bunbury, Bart.; several farm-buildings have been erected,
and the roads much improved. The Chester canal
passes through the liberty.
Stanney, Little
STANNEY, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of
Stoke, union of Great Boughton, Higher division of
the hundred of Wirrall, S. division of the county of
Chester, 5½ miles (N.) from Chester; containing 163
inhabitants. It comprises 790 acres, of a clay soil, the
property of Sir Henry Bunbury. A free school was
founded by Sir Thomas Bunbury, with £5 per annum.
Stanningfield (St. Nicholas)
STANNINGFIELD (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
union of Thingoe, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of Suffolk, 5¼ miles (S. by E.) from Bury; containing 327 inhabitants. It comprises 1344 acres, of
which 37 are woodland. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £8. 0. 2½., and in the gift of
J. Gage Rokewoode, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £345, and the glebe comprises 44 acres. The
body of the church is of Norman architecture. Mrs.
Inchbald, the ingenious novelist and dramatic writer,
who died in 1821, was a native of this place.
Stanninghall
STANNINGHALL, a hamlet, in the parish of Horstead, but formerly a parish, in the union of St. Faith,
hundred of Taverham, E. division of Norfolk, 5 miles
(N.) from Norwich; containing 53 inhabitants. It
comprises 314a. 2p. of land, chiefly arable, forming part
of the Hall farm, and paying church-rates to Horstead.
The living was a discharged rectory, now annexed to
that of Frettenham, and valued in the king's books at
£1. 13. 6½. The church has been long in ruins.
Stanningley
STANNINGLEY, a hamlet, partly in the township
of Bramley, parish of Leeds, and partly in the townships of Calverley cum Farsley, parish of Calverley, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 5½
miles (W. by N.) from Leeds. This place, which is
supposed to have taken its name from its situation in a
district abounding in stone, contains about 4000 inhabitants, and consists chiefly of one long street, built
on an eminence overlooking Airedale, and near the source
of a tributary to the river Aire. The houses in the village, and the fences in the adjoining lands, are of stone
from the neighbouring quarries. The inhabitants are
employed in the worsted and woollen manufactures, in
raising and working stone, and in iron-works. A church,
dedicated to St. Thomas, and containing 600 sittings,
was built in 1840–41, in that part of the hamlet which
is in the township of Bramley, on a site given from the
glebe land by the Rev. Thomas Furbank, M.A., incumbent of Bramley. It is a handsome structure in the
Norman style, erected by subscription at an expense of
£1700, and consecrated on the 29th of March, 1841, by
the Bishop of Ripon. Of £300, a grant from the Diocesan Society, £200 are appropriated to the endowment.
The living is in the gift of the Vicar of Leeds.
Stannington (St. Mary)
STANNINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
and W. division of Castle ward, S. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Morpeth; containing 1121 inhabitants, and comprising the seven
townships of Blagdon, Bellasis, Clifton with Coldwell,
Duddo, Plessey with Shotton, Saltwick, and Stannington. The parish formed part of the extensive barony of
Merlay, and among the proprietors have been the noble
families of Greystock and Dacre. It is situated on the
river Blyth, over which is a modern stone bridge: the
soil is stiff, but generally fertile, and well fenced and
tilled; the substratum abounds with coal, and with
freestone. The vale of Stannington is beautifully picturesque; the village occupies a bold and tolerably dry
situation, on the road from Newcastle to Morpeth. The
living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5.
13. 4.; patron, the Bishop of Durham; impropriator,
Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. The great tithes have been
commuted for £852; and the vicarial for £342, with a
glebe of 21 acres. The church had formerly a chantry;
one of the windows exhibits some fine specimens of
stained glass, inserted in 1772, by the late Sir M. W.
Ridley. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and
a school has an endowment of £11 per annum.
Stannington, York.—See Stainington.
STANNINGTON, York.—See Stainington.
Stansfield (All Saints)
STANSFIELD (All Saints), a parish, in the union
and hundred of Risbridge, W. division of Suffolk,
5¼ miles (N. by E.) from Clare; containing 510 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £11. 9. 4½., and in the patronage of the Crown:
the tithes have been commuted for £481, and the glebe
comprises 68 acres. There is a small place of worship
for dissenters, of ancient date. Dr. Samuel Ogden, a
learned divine, who died in the year 1778, was rector of
the parish.
Stansfield
STANSFIELD, a township, in the chapelry of Heptonstall, parish of Halifax, and union of Todmorden, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4½
miles (S. W.) from Hebden-Bridge; containing 8466 inhabitants. The township is bounded on the north and
north-west by the county of Lancaster, on the east by
the Colden brook, and on the south by the river Calder;
and comprises by computation 5920 acres of land, chiefly
the property of the Earl of Scarborough, who is lord of
the manor. Nearly 2000 acres of moor and common
were inclosed in 1816, but they have not yet been wholly
brought into cultivation. The surface is boldly varied,
rising in some parts into hills of considerable elevation,
on the summits of several of which are Druidical remains; in the township is also a large cluster of rocks,
called the Bride Stones. There is no village properly
so called, but numerous detached houses and scattered
hamlets extend to the town of Todmorden, of which a
considerable portion is within the township. The inhabitants are partly engaged in agriculture; the soil is
fertile when under proper management, and the waste
lands are rapidly coming into a state of profitable cultivation. Ashlar stone, of good quality for building, is
extensively quarried. The cotton, woollen, worsted, and
silk manufactures are carried on in several mills and
factories, and many persons are employed in the handloom weaving of cotton and worsted goods. The Rochdale canal joins the township; and the Manchester and
Leeds railway passes through it, for three miles, to Eastwood, where is a station with a large tavern. The
vicarial tithes were commuted in 1815 for land. There
are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyans. The ancient manorhouse of the Eastwoods, rebuilt in 1600, is now occupied
by a farmer; and the site of another old manor-house
is pointed out near Castle Hill, an eminence which was
formerly crowned with a castle.
Stanstead (St. Mary)
STAN STEAD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Malling, hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford,
W. division of Kent, 2 miles (N.) from Wrotham; containing 427 inhabitants. It comprises 1956 acres, of
which 342 are in wood. The living is a rectory, in the
gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury; income, £400
per annum.
Stanstead (St. James)
STANSTEAD (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Sudbury, hundred of Babergh, W. division of Suffolk, 10 miles (S.) from Bury St. Edmund's; containing 387 inhabitants. The parish is situated near the
border of the county of Essex, upon a tributary of the
river Stour, and to the west of the road between Bury
St. Edmund's and Sudbury. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £10, and in the gift of the
Rev. S. Sheen: the tithes have been commuted for £270,
and the glebe comprises 24 acres.
Stanstead, Abbots' (St. James)
STANSTEAD, ABBOTS' (St. James), a parish, in
the union of Ware, hundred of Braughin, county of
Hertford, 2¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from Hoddesdon;
containing 1017 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on
the west by the navigable river Lea, on the north by
the Ashe, and on the east and south-east by the navigable Stort; thus being nearly insulated. The Rye House
here, noted for the plot laid in 1683 against the lives of
Charles II., and James, Duke of York, was built in the
reign of Henry VI., by Andrew Ogard; the only remains
of the structure are an embattled gate-house of brick
with a handsome stone doorway, long since converted
into a workhouse. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £10; patron, W. K.
Thomas, Esq.; impropriator, D. Hankin, Esq. The
great tithes have been commuted for £301. 10.; and the
vicarial for £92, with a glebe of 39 acres. The church,
situated on an eminence one mile south-east from the
village, was built in 1578, by Ralph Baesh. Almshouses
for six widows were founded in 1636, by Sir Edward
Baesh, who endowed them with lands and a rent-charge
of £25, and also established a free grammar school with
£20 per annum.
Stanstead St. Margaret's
STANSTEAD ST. MARGARET'S, a parish, in the
union of Ware, hundred and county of Hertford, 1½
mile (N. by E.) from Hoddesdon; containing 92 inhabitants. The parish is situated between the New River
and the Lea. A college, or chantry, for a master and
four secular priests, was founded at Stanstead in 1315,
by Sir William de Goldington, Knt., in consequence of
the impoverishment of the tithes and rights of the church;
but it was dissolved in 1431, from neglect, and misapplication of its revenue. Here is a station of the
Hertford branch of the railway from London to Cambridge. The living is a donative curacy; net income,
£6; patron, Mrs. C. Pratt. The tithes have been commuted for £87. 3. 8.
Stansted-Mountfitchet (St. Mary)
STANSTED-MOUNTFITCHET (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bishop-Stortford, partly in the
hundred of Clavering, but chiefly in that of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex; containing, with the hamlet
of Bentfield, 1637 inhabitants, of whom 1141 are in
Stansted township. The parish takes its name from a
branch of the Roman road between Bishop-Stortford
and Colchester, which passes through it, and the adjunct
to its name from its possessor at the time of the Conquest, Robert Gernon, surnamed Montfitchet, who
erected a castle here, of which there are still some remains. It is about twelve miles in circumference, comprehending a great variety of surface, and is generally
well cultivated. The village, which contains many wellbuilt houses, is chiefly on the road to Newmarket, and
partly on that to Takely; a fair is held in it on the 12th
of May. The Stansted station of the railway from
London to Cambridge is three miles distant from the
Bishop-Stortford station. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £13. 6. 8., and
in the patronage of E. F. Maitland, Esq.: the great
tithes have been commuted for £315. 15., and those of
the vicar for £305. 14.; there are 2 acres of glebe.
The church, a small ancient edifice with a tower of
brick, has a very ancient font rudely sculptured, several
monuments and brasses, and some other interesting
features. Here is a place of worship for Independents.
About two miles from the church was the priory of
Thremhall, founded by Richard de Montfitchet, and
dedicated to St. James.
Stanthorne
STANTHORNE, a township, in the parish of Davenham, union and hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 1¼ mile (W. N. W.) from
Middlewich; containing 169 inhabitants. It comprises
1050 acres, the soil of which is partly clay and partly
sand.
Stanton
STANTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Youlgrave,
union of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak.N. division
of the county of Derby, 3¾ miles (N.) from Winster;
containing 691 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted
for land and a money payment in 1809.
Stanton, with Newhall
STANTON, with Newhall, a township, in the parish of Stapenhill, union of Burton-upon-Trent,
hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the
county of Derby, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Burton; containing 1531 inhabitants. The township comprises 1613
acres, the hamlet of Stanton forming its western side;
Newhall hamlet lies to the east, and has a large village.
Here is an extensive bed of coal of superior quality, 24
feet in thickness; and a superior clay is found in the
coal-mines, from which straw-coloured earthenware is
manufactured. A church, erected at the sole expense
of the Rev. John Clay, vicar of Stapenhill, was opened
for divine service in July 1833; the cost of erection,
including a parsonage and schools, was £7000. The
living is endowed with £2000, and is in the gift of the
founder. The Methodists have a place of worship.
Stanton (St. Bartholomew)
STANTON (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the
union of Winchcomb, Lower division of the hundred
of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester,
4¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Winchcomb; containing
319 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory,
with that of Snowshill annexed, valued in the king's
books at £17. 11. 5½.; net income, £377; patron and
incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Bloxsome.
Stanton
STANTON, a township, in the parish of Long
Horsley, union, and W. division of the ward, of Morpeth, N. division of Northumberland, 6 miles (N. W.
by W.) from Morpeth; containing 128 inhabitants.
This place, from the discovery of numerous foundations
of buildings in the immediate vicinity, appears to have
been formerly of greater extent and importance. Among
the earlier proprietors were the Merlays, Corbets, Mitfords, and Fenwicks. The ancient manor-house, the
seat of the last-named family, has been converted into a
house for the reception of the poor; and a chapel which
stood a little to the north of it, has altogether disappeared. The township comprises about 1875 acres of
land, divided into several farms; the surrounding scenery is pleasingly varied, and from an eminence on the
north bank of the Font is a beautiful prospect over the
valley of Witton-by-the-Waters, and the woods of Langshaws and Nunriding. The substratum contains coal
and limestone; a colliery is in operation, and there are
several quarries of limestone, and kilns for burning it
into lime.
Stanton
STANTON, a township, in the parish of Ellastone,
S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 3½ miles (W.) from
Ashbourn; containing 393 inhabitants. The township
comprises 2308a. 2r. 24p. of land, principally the property of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Lord Scarsdale.
Extensive freestone-quarries are in operation. The
village is seated on a pleasant acclivity above the vale of
the Titbrook. A church was consecrated in Sept. 1847;
it was built by subscription, and accommodates 181
persons. Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury,
was born here in 1598.
Stanton (All Saints)
STANTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Thingoe, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of
Suffolk, 2½ miles (N. E.) from Ixworth; containing,
with Stanton St. John, 1029 inhabitants, and an area of
3254a. 1r. 12p. It is on the road from London to Norwich. A fair for cattle takes place on the 31st of May
and the day following; and petty-sessions are held on
the several Mondays of the month, except the first, when
they are held at Ixworth. The living is a discharged
rectory, with that of St. John united, valued in the king's
books at £9. 6., and in the patronage of R. E. Lofft,
Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £975, and the
glebe comprises 36 acres, with a residence. The church
is chiefly in the decorated English style, with a square
embattled tower. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Edward Capell, editor of Shakspeare's works,
was interred here.
Stanton (St. John)
STANTON (St. John), a parish, in the union of
Thingoe, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of
Suffolk, 2 miles (N. E.) from Ixworth. The living is
a discharged rectory, united to that of Stanton All
Saints, and valued in the king's books at £9. 4. 10.
The church is a neat edifice.
Stanton St. Bernard (All Saints)
STANTON ST. BERNARD (All Saints), a parish,
in the union of Devizes, hundred of Swanborough,
Devizes and N. divisions of Wilts, 5¾ miles (E. by N.)
from Devizes; containing 362 inhabitants. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £7; patron, the Earl of Pembroke. The great
tithes have been commuted for £400, and the small for
£170; the impropriate glebe consists of 13 acres, and
the vicarial of 39 acres. The church was lately rebuilt
at an expense of £500 by subscription.
Stanton-Bury (St. Peter)
STANTON-BURY (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport,
county of Buckingham, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Newport-Pagnell; containing 42 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£7. 6. 8.; net income, £54; patron and impropriator,
Earl Spencer. The church exhibits many Norman remains, including a richly-decorated arch between the
nave and the chancel.
Stanton-By-Bridge (St. Michael)
STANTON-BY-BRIDGE (St. Michael), a parish,
in the union of Shardlow, hundred of Repton and
Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 6¾ miles
(S. by E.) from Derby; containing 205 inhabitants. The
distinguishing appellation of this place arises from an
ancient bridge over the Trent, termed Swarkstone bridge,
which connects two parishes. The parish comprises
1278 acres of rich strong land: excellent building-stone
is wrought, of which the greater part of the stone-work
on the Derby canal was constructed. The village is
small but pleasant, and overlooks the vale of the Trent
and the country around. Sir Robert Burdett and Sir
John Harpur Crewe, Barts., are owners of the soil and
joint lords of the manor. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £6. 12. 8½.; net income, £345;
patron, Sir John Harpur Crewe. The church is partly
Norman, and partly in the decorated English style; it
was rebuilt in 1683, by Augustine Jackson, then rector,
and consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, and turret
with two bells: there are some ancient monuments.
The late Sir George Crewe gave land near the church for
a school, and, with the rector, defrayed the expense of
the building.
Stanton-By-Dale (St. Michael)
STANTON-BY-DALE (St. Michael), a parish, in
the union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and
Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 2½
miles (N.) from Ilkeston; containing 480 inhabitants.
It is intersected by the Erewash and Nutbrook canal,
and comprises 1400 acres, of which the larger portion
is pasture and meadow, a few acres wood, and the
remainder arable: the soil is of a light sandy quality.
Coal is wrought, but in small quantity; ironstone is also
worked: bricks are made, and there is a good buildingstone quarry. Lace-making and frame-work knitting
also employ some hands. The village is pleasantly
situated on an eminence, and commands very extensive
prospects; in its centre is an ancient cross bearing the
date 1632. The living is a vicarage endowed with the
rectorial tithes, with the chapel of Dale-Abbey; patrons,
Trustees appointed by the proprietors of the lordship.
The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£300. The church is a plain neat edifice, with a tower.
Almshouses for eight persons were founded in 1711,
by Joseph Middlemore, with an endowment of more than
£100 per annum.
Stanton-Drew (St. Mary)
STANTON-DREW (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Clutton, hundred of Keynsham, E. division
of Somerset, 1½ mile (W. by S.) from Pensford; containing 704 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, with the living of Pensford St. Thomas annexed, valued in the king's books at £7. 2. 8½.; patron,
the Archdeacon of Bath. The great tithes have been
commuted for £234. 18., and the vicarial for £237; the
impropriate glebe comprises 48 acres, and the vicarial
one acre. Richard Jones, Esq., in 1668 bequeathed to
his executors a large sum of money for charitable uses
(with which they purchased an estate), one-fifth for the
instruction of poor children of this parish and that of
Stowey, and another fifth for apprenticing boys of this
parish only: the portion allotted to Stanton-Drew is
£72 per annum. Near the church is an extensive
Druidical temple of three circles of stones, of which the
diameters are respectively 120, 43, and 32 yards, spreading itself over ten acres of ground. In the parish is
also the hamlet of Belton, supposed to be a corruption
of Belgeton, or the town of the Belgæ, being situated on
the line of the Wansdyke, the ancient boundary of their
territory.
Stanton, Fen, Hunts.—See Fen-Stanton.
STANTON, FEN, Hunts.—See Fen-Stanton.
Stanton-Fitzwarren (St. Leonard)
STANTON-FITZWARREN (St. Leonard), a parish,
in the union of Highworth and Swindon, hundred of
Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, Cricklade and
N. divisions of Wilts, 2¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from
Highworth; containing 170 inhabitants. It comprises
1340a. 11p. The substratum contains stone which is
quarried for building, and for mending the roads. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£10. 2. 6.; net income, £174; patron, the Rev. Dr.
Trenchard. The tithes have been commuted for land,
under an act of inclosure; the glebe comprises 58 acres.
The church is in the Norman style, with a tower, on
which is the date 1003.
Stanton St. Gabriel
STANTON ST. GABRIEL, a parish, in the hundred
of Whitchurch-Canonicorum, union of Bridport,
Bridport division of Dorset, 4 miles (W. by S.) from
Bridport; containing 106 inhabitants. It is bounded
on the south by the English Channel; and on the shore,
upon one of the highest hills in the county, a signal staff
has been erected. The living is annexed, with the livings of Chideock and Marshwood, to the vicarage of
Whitchurch-Canonicorum. The church, of which the
first stone was laid in July 1840, was completed at the
expense of the Hon. and Rev. W. T. Law, prebendary
and chancellor of Wells, being the third church built at
the cost of that gentleman.
Stanton-Harcourt (St. Michael)
STANTON-HARCOURT (St. Michael), a parish,
in the union of Witney, hundred of Wootton, county
of Oxford, 4½ miles (W.) from Oxford; containing,
with the hamlet of Sutton, 665 inhabitants. This place
was granted by Adeliza, second queen of Henry I., to
her kinswoman, Milicent, wife of Richard de Camville,
whose daughter Isabel married Robert de Harcourt,
from whom it derived the adjunct to its name, and in
whose descendants the manor has remained for more
than 600 years. It is situated near the confluence of
the small river Windrush with the Thames, and abounds
in interesting scenery. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £16. 13. 4.; net income, £136; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of
Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land in 1773.
The church is a cruciform structure, chiefly in the decorated English style, with a lofty square embattled
tower, and some Norman portions. The principal
entrance is through a large Norman door-case, contiguous to which is a smaller for women only; the windows
in the lower part of the tower are Norman, and those in
the upper stages of more recent date. The nave is
Norman, and is lighted by a range of clerestory windows
in that style. On the north side of the chancel are a
rich altar-tomb, and a recessed monument to Maud,
daughter of John, Lord Grey, of Rotherfield, with her
recumbent effigy in the costume of the time of Richard
II.; on the south side is the sepulchral chapel of the
Harcourt family: the late venerable Archbishop of
York was buried here in November, 1847. There is a
chapel of ease at South Leigh, in the parish; and a
school is supported by benefactions amounting to £14
per annum. A small portion of the ancient mansion of
the Harcourts is still remaining, in the occupation of a
farmer: the chapel, with a chamber over it, and the
adjoining tower, are in a very good state of preservation.
The tower contains three apartments, one above another,
of which the uppermost is called Pope's study, from the
poet having passed much of his time in it while employed in his translation of Homer, during the progress
of which he spent two summers at Stanton-Harcourt.
He was occasionally visited here by Gay, who was then
at Cokethorpe, a neighbouring seat of Lord Harcourt's.
The kitchen, which bears marks of remote antiquity, was
repaired about the reign of Henry IV., and has a great
resemblance to the abbot's kitchen at Glastonbury. Some
remains in the parish, called the Devil's Quoits, probably
commemorate a victory obtained by the Saxon king
Cynegils, and his son Cwichelm, over the Britons.
Stanton St. John (St. John the Baptist)
STANTON ST. JOHN (St. John the Baptist), a
parish, in the union of Headington, hundred of Bullingdon, county of Oxford, 4½ miles (N. E. by E.)
from Oxford; containing 510 inhabitants. This place
takes the adjunct to its name from the family of St.
John, who held the manor in the reign of Edward III.
A hill in the neighbourhood, called Irondon Hill, is supposed to have obtained that appellation from Ireton,
who lived there after his marriage with the daughter of
Cromwell. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £16. 9. 4½.; income, £287; patrons, the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford. The church
is in the early English style, with a handsome embattled
tower; part of the north aisle is inclosed by a richlydecorated screen, and used as a vestry. Lady Elizabeth
Holford, in 1717, gave £500 in support of a school.
About a mile north-east of the church is the hamlet of
Woodpury, in which are some interesting remains of the
ancient village and church of that name. Roman tiles
and pottery, with two coins, have been dug up.
Stanton, Lacy (St. Peter)
STANTON, LACY (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union of Ludlow, hundred of Munslow, S. division of
Salop, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Ludlow; containing
1540 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 7000
acres, two-thirds of which are arable, and the remainder
pasture; the surface is undulated, the soil various, and
the scenery picturesque. Good building-stone is quarried; and at Hayton, in the parish, copper-ore of fine
quality is found, but only in small quantities. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £16;
net income, £485; patron and impropriator, the Earl of
Craven: the glebe-house was built in 1820. The church,
a cruciform structure, was restored and repewed in 1845;
it has a fine Saxon arch on the north side, and a piscina.
There are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists; and a national school supported by
subscription. The interest of £100 was left by Mr.
Nash for the poor. In the hamlet of Hope is a petrifying spring.
Stanton, Long (All Saints)
STANTON, LONG (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Chesterton, hundred of Northstow, county
of Cambridge, 6¼ miles (N. W.by N.) from Cambridge;
containing 409 inhabitants, and comprising 1900 acres.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £13. 13. 4½.; net income, £155; patron, the
Bishop of Ely; impropriators, the Hutton family. The
tithes were commuted for land in 1811; the glebe comprises 45 acres, with a house. The church is an ancient
structure. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
£27 per annum, arising from bequests, are appropriated
to the poor. The bishops of Ely formerly had a palace
here, at which Queen Elizabeth was entertained on the
day after her visit to the university of Cambridge, in
August 1564.
Stanton, Long (St. Michael)
STANTON, LONG (St. Michael), a parish, in the
union of Chesterton, hundred of Northstow, county
of Cambridge, 5½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Cambridge;
containing 139 inhabitants, and comprising about 838
acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £6. 12. 8½.; net income, £237; patrons, the Master
and Fellows of Magdalen College, Cambridge. The
church is a small thatched building.
Stanton, Long (St. Michael)
STANTON, LONG (St. Michael), a parish, in the
union of Bridgnorth, hundred of Munslow, S. division of Salop, 7¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Wenlock;
containing 327 inhabitants. The parish comprises by
measurement 2211 acres: the river Corve separates it
from Shipton. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £7; net income, £134;
patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of
Hereford. The church is an ancient cruciform structure.
Stanton-On-The-Wolds (All Saints)
STANTON-ON-THE-WOLDS (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Bingham, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 7½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Nottingham; containing 154 inhabitants. It comprises 1300 acres, and
is bounded on the east by the old Fosse-road: the village is irregularly built, consisting chiefly of scattered
dwellings. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in
the king's books at £2. 13. 4.; net income, £109; patron, Sir Robert H. Bromley, Bart.: the glebe comprises
125 acres. The church is very ancient.
Stanton-Prior (St. Lawrence)
STANTON-PRIOR (St. Lawrence),a parish, in
the union and hundred of Keynsham, E. division of
Somerset, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Bath; containing
148 inhabitants. The parish comprises 841 acres, of
which 83 are common or waste. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £10.1.10½.,
and in the gift of the Langton family: the tithes have
been commuted for £187, and the glebe comprises 20
acres. On a long isolated eminence called Stanton Bury,
are the remains of an ancient intrenchment, inclosing
more than thirty acres; it has been thought a work of
the Romans, some of their coins having been found near
it; but, being situated on the Wansdyke, it had probably a more remote origin, and was only subsequently
occupied by them.
Stanton St. Quintin (St. Giles)
STANTON ST. QUINTIN (St. Giles), a parish, in
the union of Chippenham, hundred of Malmesbury,
Chippenham and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 4¼
miles (N. by W.) from Chippenham; containing 302 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 1600 acres; the
soil is various, and the substratum furnishes limestone,
and stone which is used for tiling. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 5. 7½.; net
income, £312; patron, the Earl of Radnor. The tithes
were commuted for land and an annual money payment
in 1782. The church is an ancient Norman structure,
and contains some fine details of that style. Here are
the remains of a monastic building, now a farmhouse;
the old hall has an ascent from the outside.
Stanton-Stoney (St. Michael)
STANTON-STONEY (St. Michael), a parish, in
the union of Hinckley, hundred of Sparkenhoe, S.
division of the county of Leicester, 4¼ miles (E. by N.)
from Hinckley; containing 663 inhabitants. The parish
comprises about 1470 acres: there are some quarries of
stone, used chiefly for mending the roads. The village
is situated near the road from Leicester to Hinckley,
and the inhabitants are partly employed in weaving
stockings at their own dwellings. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £14. 13. l½.; net income,
£348; patron, Richard Boyer, Esq. The tithes were
commuted for land in 1764; the glebe altogether comprises 210 acres.
Stanton-Under-Bardon
STANTON-UNDER-BARDON, a chapelry, in the
parish of Thornton, union of Market-Bosworth,
hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of
Leicester, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Leicester; containing, with Horsepool, 315 inhabitants. The tithes
were commuted for land and a money payment in 1779.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. £40 per
annum, bequeathed by Luke Jackson and St. John Cole,
are distributed among the poor.
Stanton-Upon-Arrow (St. Peter)
STANTON-UPON-ARROW (St. Peter), a parish,
in the union of Kington, partly in the hundred of
Stretford, but chiefly in that of Wigmore, county of
Hereford, 5½ miles (E. N. E.) from Kington; containing 376 inhabitants, and comprising an area of 2925
acres. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £5. 7. 10., and in the patronage of
the Crown; appropriator, the Bishop of Hereford. The
appropriate tithes have been commuted for £120, the
impropriate for £52, and the vicarial for £225; the glebe
comprises 35 acres.
Stanton-Upon-Hine-Heath (St. Andrew)
STANTON-UPON-HINE-HEATH (St. Andrew),
a parish, in the union of Wem, Whitchurch division of
the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop;
containing 669 inhabitants, of whom 264 are in the
township, 5½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Wem. The parish
is situated on the river Roden, and comprises 5539a.
lr. 6p.; the substratum is chiefly sandstone of inferior
quality, which is quarried for building purposes. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £5. 10. 10., and in the patronage of Lord Hill,
who is also impropriator: the vicarial tithes have been
commuted for £175, and the impropriate for £95. 15.;
there are 62 acres of glebe. The church is an ancient
structure in the later English style.
Stanton-Wyville.—See Stonton-Wyville.
STANTON-WYVILLE.—See Stonton-Wyville.
Stanway (All Saints)
STANWAY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Lexden and Winstree, Colchester division of the
hundred of Lexden, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (W.
by S.) from Colchester; containing 807 inhabitants.
This parish, which is about nine miles in circumference,
and situated in a highly cultivated district, appears,
from the remains of a second church, to have been
formerly divided into the two parishes of Magna and
Parva. A fair is held on the 23rd of April. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 17. 6.,
and in the gift of Magdalen College, Oxford: the tithes
have been commuted for £776, and the glebe comprises
79 acres. The church, which stands near the London
road, is a small ancient edifice with a wooden turret. A
second incumbency in the parish, a perpetual curacy, is
in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester. Here is the
workhouse for the union of Lexden and Winstree, built
in 1837, at a cost of £6500: the union comprises 35
parishes or places, and contains a population of 20,881.
A number of large bones and other remains, probably of
elephants brought over by Claudius in the year 43,
were found in 1764, lying in a stratum of sea sand and
shells.
Stanway (St. Peter)
STANWAY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
Winchcomb, Upper division of the hundred of Tewkesbury, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 3½
miles (N. E.) from Winchcomb; containing, with the
hamlet of Taddington, 384 inhabitants. It comprises
about 3023 acres: the soil is in some parts light, and in
others a deep clay; the surface is generally hilly, and
the substratum limestone. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9, and has a
net income of £220; the patronage and impropriation
belong to Lady Elcho. The tithes were commuted for
land in 1810; the glebe comprises 163 acres.
Stanway, with Adforton.—See Adforton.
STANWAY, with Adforton.—See Adforton.
Stanwell (St. Mary)
STANWELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Staines, hundred of Spelthorne, county of Middlesex, 2¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Staines; containing,
with part of Colnbrook chapelry, 1495 inhabitants. The
parish comprises by estimation 3963 acres, of which
2466 are arable, 1148 meadow and pasture, and 31
woodland. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £9, and in the patronage of the
Crown; impropriator, Sir John Gibbon, Bart., and others.
The great tithes have been commuted for £552, and the
small for £280: the vicar has 7 acres of glebe. The
church is principally in the later English style. There
is a place of worship for Independents; also a school for
boys, endowed in 1624 by Thomas, Lord Knevitt.
Stanwick (St. Lawrence)
STANWICK (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union
of Thrapston, hundred of Htcham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton, 2¼ miles (N. N.
E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 577 inhabitants.
It is situated on the river Nene, and comprises 1953a.
13p., of which 1405 acres are arable, 526 pasture, and
21 woodland. The soil is partly clay, alternated with
sand and lime, and the surface generally level. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12.
9. 4½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income,
£373. The church, originally of Norman architecture,
exhibits portions in the early, decorated, and later English styles, and has an octangular tower, strengthened
with buttresses of elegant design, and surmounted by an
enriched spire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyau Methodists. Richard Cumberland, the dramatist,
was born here in 1732.
Stanwick St. John (St. John the Baptist)
STANWICK ST. JOHN (St. John the Baptist), a
parish, in the union of Richmond, wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York, 8½ miles (W. by S.)
from Darlington; containing, with the townships of
Aldborough, Caldwell, and East Layton, 907 inhabitants, of whom 37 are in the township of Stanwick.
This parish, which extends nearly to the river Tees,
comprises by computation 5800 acres of arable, meadow,
and pasture land, interspersed with tracts of woodland
and plantations. The surface is beautifully diversified,
the soil generally fertile, and game of every kind is
found in abundance. The living is a vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £6. 13. 4.; net income, £58. 16.;
patron, John Wharton, Esq. The church is a very
ancient structure, covered with ivy, and contains some
interesting monuments, among which are finely-executed
marble statues of Sir Hugh and Lady Smithson, and,
near the pulpit, a beautiful monument erected in 1838
to the memory of three daughters of the second Duke of
Northumberland. A chapel was lately built at Caldwell,
by the Countess of Bridgewater, by whom it was endowed. In the parish is an intrenchment inclosing an
area of nearly 1000 acres, ascribed to the ancient Britons,
to the Romans, and to the Scots; nothing of its history
is distinctly known.
Stanwix (St. Michael)
STANWIX (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of
Carlisle, partly in Cumberland ward, but chiefly in
Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland; containing, with the townships of Cargo, Etterby, Houghton,
Linstock, Rickerby, Stainton, and Tarraby, 2088 inhabitants, of whom 789 are in Stanwix township, ½ a mile
(N.) from Carlisle. The parish is bounded on the south
by the river Eden, which is crossed by a handsome
stone bridge, leading into the city of Carlisle: the village is beautifully situated. A soft freestone abounds
in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £9; net income, £264; patron,
the Bishop of Carlisle, who, with the Dean and Chapter,
is appropriator. The old church, lately rebuilt, was
erected upon the site, and out of the ruins, of the Congavata of the Romans, of which station Severus' Wall
formed the northern rampart, and near which many
altars and inscriptions have been found. A district
church was erected at Houghton in 1841.