Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Faringdon | |
Postcode district | SN7 | |
Dialling code | 01367 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Stanford in the Vale Parish Council | |
Stanford in the Vale is a village and
Geography
Stanford is a village with a clustered centre just north of the nascent River Ock, which is a tributary of the River Thames and flows from west to east through the parish. The parish is about 2 miles (3 km) wide north – south but extends for more than 4+1⁄3 miles (7 km) east – west along the course of the Ock and its tributaries. One tributary, Stutfield Brook, forms the southeast boundary of the parish. Another, Frogmore Brook, forms part of the northern boundary. The western boundary follows the edges of present and former fields.
Stanford village is built on soil-clad
Archaeology
On Bowling Green Farm at the western end of the parish, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Faringdon, are remains of what was probably a Roman estate. Along a ridge of Corallian Limestone was a village street more than 1⁄4 mile (400 m) long.[3] Below it in the valley there may have been a large Roman villa and bath-house.[4] Evidence exists of Roman fields and scattered outbuildings surrounding the village and villa.[3] In the east end of the parish, about 700 yards (640 m) east of Stanford Park Farm, is a rectangular moated enclosure beside Stutfield Brook at a place called Stanford Park Island. Exploratory excavations in the early 1960s revealed no evidence of habitation.[5]
Toponym
The toponym "Stanford" is derived from the Old English for a "stone ford" across the Ock.[6][page needed][7][page needed]
Manor
In the reign of
However, by 1276 Stanford had been granted to
In the 16th century the manor of Stanford passed through notable local landholding families including those of Fettiplace and Knollys. When Francis Knollys died in 1596, the manor of Stanford was divided between his granddaughters Elizabeth and Lettice. Around the turn of the 17th century Elizabeth Knollys became married to Henry Willoughby of Risley, Derbyshire, who in 1611 was created 1st Baronet. Their daughter Anne was married to Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet, and their half of Stanford remained in their family until Sir Thomas Aston, 4th Baronet died in 1744. Meanwhile, Lettice Knollys was married to William Paget, 4th Baron Paget, and her half of the manor of Stanford remained with his heirs until 1715, when Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge conveyed it to Peter Walter and John Morse. By the end of the 18th century an Edward Loveden Loveden bought and reunited the two halves of the manor.[8] The present manor house was built in the 16th century and remodelled in a Georgian style in the 18th century.[9] It is a Grade II* listed building.[10]
Churches and chapel
Church of England
The oldest parts of the
United Reformed
There is a
Methodist
Stanford had a
Economic and social history
In 1230
Amenities
Stanford has a primary school,[20] a pre-school, two village greens, a post office, other shops and businesses, and a number of clubs and societies. The village has one public house, the Horse and Jockey.[21] It had two other pubs, the Red Lion and the Anchor, each of which has been converted into a private house.[22][23]
Demography
The
Transport
Bus route 67 links Stanford with Faringdon and Wantage six days a week. There is no service on Sundays or bank holidays. It is operated by Thames Travel.[24]
Notable people
The poet Pam Ayres was born in Stanford in 1947.[25] The English biographer Winifred Gérin lived in Stanford in the 1970s.[citation needed] Christopher Wordsworth, nephew of the poet William Wordsworth, was Vicar of Stanford from 1850 to 1869.[26] President and Life Member of the Berks & Bucks Football Association and North Berks Football League, W.J. Gosling, died in the village on 7 June 2020, having lived in the village for over sixty years.
Twinning
The village has been twinned with Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis in Lower Normandy, France since 1989.[27]
Neighbouring settlements
References
- ^ Grid Reference Finder
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ a b Salway 1999, p. 17.
- ^ Cook, Guttmann & Mudd 2004, p. 186.
- ^ Sturdy & Case 1963, p. 92.
- ^ Arkell 1942, p. 6.
- ^ Lambrick 1969, p. 83.
- ^ a b c d e f Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 478–485.
- ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 227.
- ^ Historic England. "The Manor House and Manor Cottage (Grade II*) (1368451)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 226.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Denys (Grade I) (1048607)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Stanford-in-the-Vale". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Mellor 1994, p. 148.
- ^ Historic England. "3–7, Church Green (Grade II) (1182846)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Soldier a hero at cottages blaze". BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Church Green Cottage Fire – 21/8/2005". Stanford in the Vale.
- ^ Stanford in the Vale Primary School
- ^ The Horse and Jockey
- ^ Historic England. "Former Red Lion public house (Grade II) (1048578)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Laura (7 November 2012). "Application No. P12/V0291/COU" (PDF). Vale of White Horse District Council. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "67" (PDF). Thames Travel. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "About Pam". Pam Ayres. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Christopher Wordsworth 1807–1885". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Vale Twin Towns: Abingdon and District Twin Towns Society". www.abingdonandvaletwinning.org.uk.
Sources
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- ISBN 978-0091940485.[page needed]
- Cook, J; Guttmann, EBA; Mudd, A (2004). "Excavations of an Iron Age Site at Coxwell Road, Faringdon" (PDF). Oxoniensia. LXIX. ISSN 0308-5562.
- Lambrick, Gabrielle (1969). "Some Old Roads of North Berkshire" (PDF). Oxoniensia. XXXIV. ISSN 0308-5562.
- Mellor, Maureen (1994). "A Synthesis of Middle and Late Saxon, Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Pottery in the Oxford Region" (PDF). Oxoniensia. LIX. ISSN 0308-5562.
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 478–485.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 226–227.
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- Sturdy, David; Case, Humphrey (1963). "Archaeological Notes" (PDF). Oxoniensia. XXVIII. ISSN 0308-5562.