Stanion
| Stanion | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Little in Stanion | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP913870 |
| Location: | 52°28’8"N, -0°39’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,252 (2011) |
| Post town: | Kettering |
| Postcode: | NN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01536 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
Stanion is a village in Northamptonshire. At the time of 2011 Census, the parish's population was 1,252
There is a Church of England primary school. Gavron
History
The village is noted in the 1086 Domesday Book, with 23 households.[1]
The village's name, Stanion, means 'building made of stone'.[2] It also appears as Stanyon in numerous old documents.
The village church is St Peter. Within the church there is a curious antiquity: a whalebone seven feet long, 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.[3]
The 1777 Northhamptonshire Militia List for Corby Hundred shows 22 men enrolled for Stanion.[4] 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 in 1944.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stanion) |
References
- ↑ Stanion in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stanion.
- ↑ Codd, Daniel (2009). Mysterious Northamptonshire. Breedon Books. p.147-149. ISBN 9781859836811
- ↑ Northamptonshire Records Society: 1777 Corby Hundred Militia Enrollments by Parish. Accessed 13 April 2022.