Stanstead
| Stanstead | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 Village sign, Stanstead, Suffolk | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°6’0"N, 0°40’59"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 319 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Sudbury |
| Postcode: | CO10 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Babergh |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Suffolk |
Stanstead is a village and parish in the Babergh hundred of Suffolk. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around four miles from Sudbury. It is about two miles from Glemsford, 12 miles from Hadleigh, and four miles from Lavenham.
Etymology
The name Stanstead is Anglo-Saxon for "stony place" and it is easy to appreciate how this came about when viewing the surrounding fields, particularly in the lower part of the village, which are strewn with glacial flint. There is much evidence of earlier Iron Age and Roman settlements in the surrounding area.[2]
Geography
Stanstead is situated in Glem Valley to the north east of Sudbury. The Parish borders Long Melford in the west; Glemsford to the south; Boxted to the east; and Shimpling to the north.
The village is "T shaped", the lower half of the settlement (Lower Street) follows the B1066 along the bottom of the valley past the old Stanstead osier beds. The upper part of the village is reached by a 30-metre climb up the hill past Stanstead Hall towards the church and a cluster of houses, a small green and then on to Upper Street and Blooms Hall Lane.[2]
Education
The village is served by Hartest CEVCP School, a primary school currently catering for pupils aged 5–11.[3]
Older children attend Sudbury Upper School and Arts College.[4]
Demography
According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Stanstead had a population of 316 with 127 households.[5]
Notable former residents
- Robert Calef (1648 - 1719), cloth merchant in colonial Boston and author.
- Edmund Rice (c. 1594 – 1663), politician and founder of Marlborough, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128971&c=CO10+9AH&d=16&e=62&g=6465545&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442053991748&enc=1. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Introduction to Stanstead Parish Council". http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StansteadPC/. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ↑ "Hartest CEVCP School". Suffolk County Council. http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/ListOfSuffolkSchools/HartestCEVCPSchool.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ↑ "Sudbury Upper School and Arts College". Suffolk County Council. http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/ListOfSuffolkSchools/SudburyUpperSchoolandArtsCollege.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles". http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A546F6B2-3218-4537-9398-384E6BA430C5/0/CensusParishdata.pdf.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stanstead) |
- Parish Council website
- St James's Church Suffolk Churches