Stanway, Essex
| Stanway | ||
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Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Colchester | |
| Postcode district | CO3 | |
| Dialling code | 01206 | |
| Police | Essex | |
| Fire | Essex | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Stanway is a village and
Stanway is about 3 miles (5 km) west of Colchester city centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the
Stanway is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2]
The £4.3m
There are five schools – three primary schools,Lexden Springs School and The Stanway School which has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". Four of the five schools are close together, on adjacent roads with the third primary behind the Tollgate shopping centre.
A shopping district comprising The Tollgate Centre and Stane Park occupies an area close to the A12, these centres are home to national retailers such as B&Q, Sainsbury's, Homebase, Next and Marks and Spencer (having closed its city centre store in 2022). Further shops and businesses such as the Co-op, Halfords and Hatfields occupy the Peartree road area,
Governance
An electoral ward with the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 8,283.[3]
Parish church
In the early Middle Ages Stanway had two churches; All Saints' next to Stanway Hall, and St Albright's in Little Stanway on the London Road (now the B1408). All Saints' church, first recorded in about 1260, had fallen out of use during the 16th century,[4] but was repaired and the chancel and north aisle were demolished in about 1605 by Sir John Swinterton, when it became the private chapel to Stanway Hall.[5] In the early 18th century the church was said to be "utterly decayed" and remains a ruin.[4]
The current
Druid of Colchester
In 1996, before the expansion of the Stanway sand and gravel quarry, an archaeological team was called in to investigate the outline of five ancient ditched enclosures identified by aerial photography. There, just off the A12 to Colchester, they discovered the grave of the "Druid of Colchester".[8]
Sport and leisure
Stanway has a non-League football club Stanway Rovers F.C. who play at New Farm Road.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ 'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63. Accessed through the online version.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ a b c 'Stanway: Churches', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (2001), pp. 270-273. Accessed through the online version.
- ^ "Church of All Saints, Stanway". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Buckler, George (1856) Twenty-Two Of The Churches Of Essex: Architecturally Described And Illustrated, Bell and Daldy, London (p. 242)
- ^ "Parish Church of St Albright, Stanway". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Games Britannia – 1. Dicing with Destiny, BBC Four, 1:05am Tuesday 8 December 2009
External links
Media related to Stanway, Essex at Wikimedia Commons
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