Standon, Hertfordshire

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Standon
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St Mary, Standon
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Standon
Location within Hertfordshire
Population4,141 (Parish, 2001) [1]
4,335 (2011 Census including Old Hall Green and Wellpond Green) [2]
OS grid reference TL396224
Civil parish
  • Standon
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WARE
Postcode district SG11
Dialling code 01920
Police Hertfordshire
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Ambulance East of England
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Hertfordshire
51°52′58″N0°01′45″E / 51.882659°N 0.02921°E / 51.882659; 0.02921 Coordinates: 51°52′58″N0°01′45″E / 51.882659°N 0.02921°E / 51.882659; 0.02921

Standon is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish includes the adjoining village of Puckeridge. The village church of St Mary has Saxon origins with much Victorian restoration. It contains the ornate tomb of the Tudor courtier Sir Ralph Sadler.

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The Prime Meridian passes to the west of Standon.

The place-name is first attested in a Saxon charter of 944–46 AD and means "stony hill".

Standon village has many local facilities. In addition to the church, there is a village hall, two public houses, a Chinese restaurant, post office, butcher, baker, and newsagent. Villagers also make frequent use of facilities in neighbouring Puckeridge, which include a pharmacy, estate agent, petrol station, public houses, doctor's surgery and primary schools (including St Thomas of Canterbury, a Roman Catholic primary school).

Arthur Martin-Leake, one of only three men to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice, was born in the village.

The Standon Calling music festival is held in the village.

Standon features in the novel The House on Boulby Cliff by Kevin Corby Bowyer, one-time organist of St Mary's Church.

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References

  1. "Parish Headcounts, Area: Standon CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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