Stamfordham

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Stamfordham
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Stamfordham
Location within Northumberland
Population1,047 (2001 Census) [1]
OS grid reference NZ0772
Civil parish
  • Stamfordham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode district NE18
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
UK Parliament
Website Stamfordham Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland
55°02′31″N1°52′37″W / 55.042°N 1.877°W / 55.042; -1.877

Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name Stamfordham is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1188, where it appears as Stanfordhamn, which roughly translates as 'village at the stony ford'. [2]

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Old Jail

The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 13th century and overrestored under the direction of Benjamin Ferrey in 1848. [3] In addition to St Mary's, there is a non-denominational Church on the Green. The large village green contains both a market cross (the Butter Cross, dating from 1735) and a village lock-up which is Grade II listed [4] and dates from the early 19th century, pre-dating the formation of police forces. [5] [6]

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Stamfordham Butter Cross (1785)

The village has an Ofsted 'outstanding [7] ' rated school (Stamfordham Primary School), a historic Village Hall (originally the school), a public house (Swinburne Arms), an annual fête and car show held on the August bank holiday Monday (Stamfordham Village Fayre), and a number of local social and sports clubs, notably Stamfordham Cricket Club (playing at Grange Park on the southern edge of the village), the first team of which competes in the West Tyne League. The Grade II-listed Bay Horse Inn closed in November 2014. [8] The village is also host to a number of cycling events, including the Cyclone Festival of Cycling and the HSBC UK National Road Race Championships.

Governance

Stamfordham was a parish until 1866, [9] on 1 April 1955 the parish was reformed from Cheeseburn Grange, Dalton, Eachwick, Harlow Hill, Hawkwell, Heugh, Nesbitt, and Ouston. [10]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Full Dataset View: Area selected: Castle Morpeth (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics.
  2. ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.437.
  3. ↑ Pevsner & Richmond 1957, p. 292.
  4. ↑ British Listed Buildings
  5. ↑ Curious Britain
  6. ↑ Heritage Explorer
  7. ↑ "Stamfordham First School Inspection report" (PDF).
  8. ↑ The Bay Horse
  9. ↑ "Relationships and changes Stamfordham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Relationships and changes Stamfordham CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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