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.

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 in North Northamptonshire, England, located north-east of Northampton. From 1974 to 2021, the town served as the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby. At the 2011 Census, the built-up area had a population of 5 ...

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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

St Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupation ...

. 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

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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 Stanley 'Stan' Austin Leadbetter (22 May 1937 – 13 December 2013) was an English first-class cricketer. While undertaking his national service as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, Leadbetter made his debut in first-class ...

(1937–2013), first-class cricketer

References

External links

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