Stanway is a small crossroads village in the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 county of Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, about 1 mile south of Stanton

Stanton, Gloucestershire

Stanton is a small village 3½ miles south of Broadway, and north of Cheltenham. It is completely constructed out of Cotswold stone, with a high street, and a pub, The Mount, at the end. Pevsner calls it 'architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds'.It is...

: both villages are on the Cotswold Way

Cotswold Way

The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on 24 May 2007 and several new rights of way have been created.-History:...

. It is part of the Tewkesbury Borough Council

Tewkesbury (borough)

Tewkesbury is a local government district and borough in Gloucestershire, in the West Country of England. It is named after its main town, Tewkesbury...

 area.

The village is dominated by Stanway House

Stanway House

Stanway House is an example of a Jacobean manor house, located near Stanway, Gloucestershire. The manor was owned by Tewkesbury Abbey for 800 years then for 500 years by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss...

, a Jacobean

Jacobean architecture

The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.-Characteristics:...

 manor house, owned by the Earl of Wemyss

Earl of Wemyss

Earl of Wemyss and Earl of March are two titles in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 and 1697 respectively, that have been held by a joint holder since 1826. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. In 1625 John Wemyss was created a...

 and March.

St Peter's Church was rebuilt in the 12th century, the tower added in the 13th century and the whole building thoroughly restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 in 1896.
The Tithe Barn was built in the 14th century for Tewkesbury Abbey

Tewkesbury Abbey

The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery.-History:...

.

Stanway War Memorial

War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or to commemorate those who died or were injured in war.-Historic usage:...

 is situated at the south side of the village, at the junction of the B4077 road (which runs from Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on top of an 800 ft hill, at the convergence of a number of major roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way . The town was founded as a planned market place by Norman lords to take...

 to the A46

A46 road

The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...

 at the Teddington Hands, 3 miles north of Bishop's Cleeve

Bishop's Cleeve

Bishop's Cleeve is an urbanised village in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, near Cheltenham. The village lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill, the highest point in the Cotswolds.- History :...

) and the southernmost end of the Stanton Road. The bronze of St George and the Dragon is by Alexander Fisher

Alexander Fisher

Alexander FisherAliases: Sash Fisher, A. S. Fisher, Alex Fisher, Alexander Fisher, A. Fisher, F. Fisher, Alex, Fisher, Sacha FisherBorn: December 25, 1903 in pre-Revolutionary Russia - escaped in 1917...

, the stone column and plinth by Sir Philip Stott

Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet

Sir Philip Sidney Stott, 1st Baronet , usually known as Sidney Stott until 1920, was an English architect, civil engineer and surveyor....

 carved by Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement...

. The war memorial in the church chancel is also by Fisher and Gill.

Stanway has a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 pitch, a fenced ground, in the middle of a field. The field has an undulating surface, which was reportedly made uneven to make landing difficult for - possibly hypothetical - German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 gliders during the Second World War. The cricket ground - itself flat - possesses a pavilion, which is built on staddle stones

Staddle stones

Staddle stones were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc. The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage...

, and was the gift of the author J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...

who stayed at Stanway House in the 1920s.

For many years, the Stanway Flower Show was a highlight of the year for the hamlet - and many people travelled to visit 'The Show'. The Tithe Barn hosted the exhibits, including flowers, vegetables, handcrafts, etc., and there was a number of stalls - including a coconut shy and nine-pin bowling - in the grounds of Stanway House.

Locality

Taddington lies above Stanway.

Wood Stanway lies a little less than a mile to the south of Stanway, the other side of the B4077.

External links

• GENUKI page