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Stanion
Location within Northamptonshire
Population1,252 (2011)
OS grid reference SP9186
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kettering
Postcode district NN14
Dialling code 01536
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52°28′08″N0°39′16″W / 52.4688°N 0.6545°W / 52.4688; -0.6545

Stanion is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of 2001 census, the parish's population was 873 people, [1] increasing to 1,252 at the 2011 Census. [2] There is a Church of England primary school. Gavron

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History

Stanion existed before the Norman conquest, carrying the Old English place name of Stanerc [3] – stone arc (stainaz > stān "stone" [4] + Lat. arca > erc "arc", arch, bend [5] ). The village is noted in the 1086 Domesday Book as being in the hundred of Corby in Northamptonshire, with 23 households. [3]

The village's name, Stanion, means 'building made of stone'. [6] It is also spelt as Stanyon is numerous old documents.

The village church is dedicated to St Peter. Within the church there is a curious antiquity. This is a 7 ft long whalebone, although tradition avers that it is actually part of the skeleton of a Dun Cow. This was a fabled beast from English folklore, and according to various versions of the story the Stanion cow was either killed or died of a broken heart after being tricked by a witch. Skrimshaw etched onto the bone indicates it dates from the 17th century. [7]

The 1777 Northhamptonshire Militia List for Corby Hundred shows 22 men enrolled for Stanion. [8] So the population remained relatively constant from the 11th through the 18th century.

The village of Stanion was shown in the wartime film "Springtime in an English Village (1944)"

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Stanion CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 21 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Open Domesday: Stanion. Accessed 13 April 2022.
  4. stān "stone". Accessed 13 April 2022.
  5. erc "arc". Accessed 13 April 2022.
  6. "Key to English Place-names".
  7. Codd, Daniel (2009). Mysterious Northamptonshire. Breedon Books. p.147-149. ISBN   9781859836811
  8. Northhamptonshire Records Society: 1777 Corby Hundred Militia Enrollments by Parish. Accessed 13 April 2022.

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