Stanion is a village and

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, England. At the time of 2001 census, the parish's population was 873 people, increasing to 1,252 at the 2011 Census. There is a

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primary school. Gavron

History

Stanion existed before the

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, carrying the

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place name of ''Stanerc''Open Domesday: Stanion.
Accessed 13 April 2022. – stone arc (stainaz > stān "stone" + Lat. arca > erc "arc", arch, bend). The village is noted in the 1086

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as being in the

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Corby Corby is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, northeast of Northampton. In 2021 it had a population of 68,164. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

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, with 23 households. The village's name, Stanion, means 'building made of stone'. It is also spelt as Stanyon is numerous old documents. The village church is dedicated to

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. 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

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. This was a fabled beast from English

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, 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

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. Skrimshaw etched onto the bone indicates it dates from the 17th century. The 1777 Northhamptonshire Militia List for Corby Hundred shows 22 men enrolled for Stanion.Northhamptonshire Records Society: 1777 Corby Hundred Militia Enrollments by Parish.
Accessed 13 April 2022. 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)"

Notable people

* Stan Leadbetter (1937–2013), first-class cricketer

References

External links

* * http://www.stanionvillage.com Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub