Standon is a village and

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, England. The parish includes the adjoining village of Puckeridge and

Old Hall Green Old Hall Green is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Standon. In 1793, an academy, St Edmund's College, Ware, was established there which provided a school for Catholic b ...

. The Grade I listed parish church of St Mary has Anglo-Saxon origins with much

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of 1864-65 by H. and G. Godwin. The chancel contains the ornate tombs of the Tudor courtier Sir Ralph Sadler and his son Thomas Sadleir. The house Standon Lordship was built by Ralph Sadler on his estate at Standon, which he acquired in 1544; Standon remained in the possession of the Sadler family until 1660. Standon Lordship 3

The place-name is first attested in an

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of 944–46 AD and means "stony hill". Standon village has many local facilities. In addition to the church, there is a village hall, two public houses, a Chinese restaurant, post office, butcher, baker, and newsagent. Villagers also make frequent use of facilities in neighbouring Puckeridge, which include a pharmacy, estate agent, petrol station, public houses, doctor's surgery and primary schools (including St Thomas of Canterbury, a Roman Catholic primary school). Arthur Martin-Leake, one of only three men to be awarded the

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twice, was born in the village. The

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passes to the west of Standon. Standon railway station was a stop on the Buntingford branch to London. The Standon Calling music festival is held in the village. Standon features in the novel ''The House on Boulby Cliff'' (2020) by Kevin Corby Bowyer, former organist of St Mary's Church.

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Standon (''A Guide to Old Hertfordshire'')
Villages in Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub

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