Stannington, Northumberland
| Stannington | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 St Mary The Virgin, Stannington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ215795 |
| Location: | 55°6’36"N, 1°39’43"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,219 (2001) |
| Post town: | Morpeth |
| Postcode: | NE61 |
| Dialling code: | 01670 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Stannington is a small village in central Northumberland to the south of Morpeth along the course of the Great North Road. The population of the civil parish was 1,280 at the 2011 Census.
Stannington is divided into three: Stannington North-East Quarter, Stannington North-West Quarter and Stannington South Quarter. The total area of the parish, with its three quarters and Stannington Vale, is 10,093 acres.
Stannington First School is located near the church. The village also has a post office.
Parish church
The Church of St. Mary The Virgin is Stannington's oldest building. The original church on the site dates back to 1190AD but the present one replaced it in 1871 at a cost of £6,000.[1]
History
There were once two hospitals in the village. Stannington Children's Hospital was the first children's tuberculosis hospital in the country. St Mary's Hospital was an asylum originally known as the Gateshead Lunatic Asylum. Both are now closed.[1]
One former hospital north-east of the village near Netherton was built in the 1930s and featured the Thomas Taylor retirement homes for Wansbeck residents. Behind the main complex was the Mona Taylor Maternity Hospital which was named after Mr Taylor's wife and many children were born here until it too became an old people's home and, together with the rest of the site, was then owned by Northumberland County Council. Today this development is known as Hepscott Park with some original hospital buildings surviving in local authority use, other buildings converted into private homes and some additional new houses.
Transport links
The A1 road arcs past the village, but traffic is frequently diverted though the village when trunk route is closed.
In 1847 a railway station was opened near the village. Initially known as 'Netherton', it was renamed to Stannington in 1892, but passenger services ended in 1958 and the station finally closed to goods trains too in 1964.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stannington, Northumberland) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Northumberland Communities - Stannington
- ↑ Stannington Station northumbrian-railways.co.uk