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{{Short description|Civil parish in Milton Keynes, England}}
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{{short description|Civil parish in Milton Keynes, England}}
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|static_image_caption= Liz Leyh's ''[[Concrete Cows]]''
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'''Stantonbury''' is a district of [[Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref>[http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/parishes/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=17026 Parishes in Milton Keynes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608003948/http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/parishes/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=17026 |date=8 June 2009 }} – Milton Keynes Council.</ref> It is at the northern edge of the town, between [[Great Linford]] and [[Wolverton]]. It is largely residential, but the greater proportion of the area is taken up by two secondary schools ([[Stantonbury Campus]] and the [[Webber Independent School]]), a leisure centre with a 25m swimming pool, and an all-weather, competition standard, athletics track.


'''Stantonbury''' is a district and [[civil parish]] of [[Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England, situated roughly {{convert|2|mi}} north of [[Central Milton Keynes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Parishes Boundaries as at 2012 |publisher=Milton Keynes Council |date=2012 |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/assets/attach/56616/Parishes-2012.pdf}}</ref> The [[Toponymy|toponym]] ''Stanton'' is derived from an [[Old English]] term for "stone-built farmstead" and the ''bury'' element from the French family {{lang|la|Barri}} who held it in 1235.<ref>{{cite web |title=Key to English place names: Stantonbury |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Buckinghamshire/Stantonbury |publisher=Institute for Name-Studies, [[University of Nottingham]] |access-date=28 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220328205610/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Buckinghamshire/Stantonbury |archive-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Stonton Barry">{{cite web|title=Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP40/654 |at="Stanton Barry" |date=1424 |url=http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no654/aCP40no654fronts/IMG_0325.htm}}</ref> The original Stantonbury is a [[deserted medieval village]] now known as Stanton Low;{{sfnp|Mynard|1971}} the Stantonbury name has been reused for the modern district at the heart of the civil parish.
Modern Stantonbury lies on land (known as "Stanton High", as opposed to "Stanton Low", near the [[River Great Ouse]]) of the [[deserted village]] of Stantonbury,<ref name=VCH /> one of the [[History of Milton Keynes#Existing settlements and oral history|former Buckinghamshire villages]] that were included in the area designated in 1967 to become Milton Keynes. The [[Toponymy|toponym]] is derived from an [[Old English]] term for "fortified building by a farm on stony ground".{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}


==Parish church==
==Civil parish==
As well as Stantonbury itself, the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of Stantonbury includes the districts of Bancroft and Bancroft Park, Blue Bridge, Bradville and Linford Wood. The population of the parish of Stantonbury grew from 19 at the 1971 census to 3,938 according to the 1981 census. By the time of the 2001 census its population had reached 9,010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060911080844/http://www.mkweb.co.uk/statistics/documents/Population_Bulletin_2005-6.pdf Population Bulletin 2005/06, page 22]</ref> At the 2011 census, it had 10,084 people.<ref name="NOMIS2011"/>
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The former [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Peter]] is [[Norman architecture|Norman]], with a mid-12th century [[nave]] and even earlier [[chancel]].<ref name=VCH>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp462-466 "Parishes : Stantonbury"] [[Victoria History of the Counties of England]], A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 462–466.</ref> There was a [[hagioscope|squint]] in the south wall of the chancel but this was later blocked.<ref name=VCH /> St. Peter's was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century and the [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]] east window and [[piscina]] were added in the 14th century.<ref name=VCH /> By the latter part of the 17th century Stantonbury was an almost [[Deserted medieval village|deserted village]] but the church was still in use, and in 1668–74 the [[Puritan]] poet and hymnwriter [[John Mason (poet)|John Mason]] was its parish priest.<ref name=VCH /> In 1736 only four houses remained in the village<ref name=VCH /> but St Peter's was still in use in 1927<ref name=VCH /> and [[John Piper (artist)|John Piper]] painted a [[watercolour]] of it in about 1940.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://wolvertonpast.blogspot.co.uk/p/bradwell-stantonbury.html#!/p/bradwell-stantonbury.html |title=Bradwell & Stantonbury |work=Wolverton Past – History before 1970 |publisher=[[Blogspot]] |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref> By 1955 the church had been disused for a number of years and in 1956 the roof collapsed<ref>{{cite web |url= http://wolvertonpast.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/more-on-stantonbury.html#!/2011/06/more-on-stantonbury.html |title=More on Stantonbury |work=Wolverton Past – History before 1970 |publisher=[[Blogspot]] |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref> and was not repaired. By 1973 St. Peter's was a ruin, and the east window and ornamented Norman [[chancel]] arch had been removed.{{sfn|Pevsner|1973|p=241}}


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===Bancroft <span class="anchor" id="Bancroft"></span><span class="anchor" id="Bancroft Park"></span>===<!-- This section is linked from [[Roman sites in the United Kingdom]] -->
==Civil Parish==
[[file:ConcreteCows.jpg|thumb|Liz Leyh's ''[[Concrete Cows]]'' (copy) in Bancroft]]
As well as Stantonbury itself, the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of Stantonbury includes the districts of Bancroft and Bancroft Park, Blue Bridge, Bradville and Linford Wood.
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The residential Bancroft district is divided by [[Shenley Brook End|Shenley Brook]] into Bancroft Park to the west and Bancroft to the east. The brook valley here is part of the [[balancing lake|flood control system]] and is a [[linear park]] for most of the year. There is a permanent wetland with associated plants and wildlife.
The population of the parish of Stantonbury grew from 19 according to the 1971 census to 3,938 according to the 1981 census. By the 2001 Census its population had reached 9,010.<ref>[http://www.mkweb.co.uk/statistics/documents/Population%5FBulletin%5F2005%2D6%2Epdf page 22]</ref>


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The foundations of a [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] farm known as [[Bancroft Roman Villa]] are in what is now the North Loughton Park, overlooking the Shenley Brook.<ref>{{cite book |first1=R.J. |last1=Williams |first2=R. |last2=Zeepvat |title=A late Bronze Age/Iron Age Settlement, Roman Villa and Temple/Mausoleum |series=Monograph |volume=7 |publisher=Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society |year=1994 |place=Aylesbury}}</ref>{{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SP8271040325|(map)}} [[Rescue archaeology|Rescue excavations]] in 1957 identified a group of perhaps four buildings, traces of a [[hypocaust]] and sherds of [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] pottery.{{sfnp|Pevsner|1973|p=241}} A section of mosaic flooring recovered from the site is in the "guest services lounge" of [[Central Milton Keynes shopping centre]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Heritage Tile Conservation Ltd |url=http://www.heritagetile.co.uk/project_item/bancroft-villa-4th-century-roman-pavement/ |title=Bancroft Villa fourth-century Roman mosaic pavement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802211606/http://www.heritagetile.co.uk/project_item/bancroft-villa-4th-century-roman-pavement/ |archive-date=2 August 2017 }}.</ref>
===Bancroft===
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The residential Bancroft district is divided by [[Shenley Brook End|Shenley Brook]] into Bancroft Park to the north and Bancroft to the south. The brook valley here is part of the [[balancing lake|flood control system]] and there is a permanent wetland with associated plants and wildlife.


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A copy of the famous ''[[Concrete Cows]]'' sculpture is at the southern end of the park (the original is in the [[Milton Keynes Museum]]). The ''Cows'' were originally sited here.
;Bancroft Park
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The foundations of a [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] farm known as [[Bancroft Roman Villa]] are in what is now the North Loughton Park, overlooking the Shenley Brook.<ref>{{cite book |first1=R.J. |last1=Williams |first2=R. |last2=Zeepvat |title=A late Bronze Age/Iron Age Settlement, Roman Villa and Temple/Mausoleum |series=Monograph |volume=7 |publisher=Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society |year=1994 |place=Aylesbury}}</ref> [[Rescue archaeology|Rescue excavations]] in 1957 identified group of possibly four buildings, traces of a [[hypocaust]] and sherds of [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] pottery.{{sfn|Pevsner|1973|p=241}}


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Bancroft is a haven for birds and one of the best places to see a [[common kingfisher]]. This is because of the wide variety of habitats the Parks Trust has created, from old grassland managed as wildflower meadows, through patches of thorn scrub to extensive marsh. [[Primula veris|cowslips]] and [[Sanguisorba minor|salad burnet]] flower in the spring, followed in summer to the customary flowers of traditional hay meadow: [[Galium verum|lady's bedstraw]] and [[Lotus corniculatus|birdsfoot trefoil]].
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A copy of the famous ''[[Concrete Cows]]'' sculpture is at the southern end of the park (the original is in the [[Milton Keynes Museum]]).


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Bancroft [[pétanque]] Piste, which is near the Roman villa site, is provided by the Parks Trust free of charge. Also known as boules, pétanque is a traditional game played with steel balls on any sandy or gravelly surface across a large part of Europe.
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Bancroft is a haven for birds and one of the best places to see a [[common kingfisher]]. This is because of the wide variety of habitats The Parks Trust has created, from old grassland managed as wildflower meadows, through patches of thorn scrub to extensive marsh. [[Primula veris|cowslips]] and [[Sanguisorba minor|salad burnet]] flower in the spring, followed in summer to the customary flowers of traditional hay meadow: [[Galium verum|lady's bedstraw]] and [[Lotus corniculatus|birdsfoot trefoil]].


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The Bancrofts comprise just half the H2/H3/V5/V6 grid square, which is divided by the [[West Coast Main Line]]; the line is also the parish boundary, with Stacey Bushes (in [[Wolverton and Greenleys]] parish) on the other side of the tracks. Monks Way (H3, [[A422 road|A422]]) bounds the parish from the neighbouring [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]].
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Bancroft [[pétanque]] Piste, which is near the Roman villa site, is provided by the Parks Trust free of charge. Also known as boule, pétanque is a traditional game played with steel balls on any sandy or gravelly surface across a large part of Europe.

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The Bancrofts comprise just half the H2/H3/V5/V6 grid square, which is divided by the [[West Coast Main Line]] that also is the parish boundary, with Stacey Bushes (in [[Wolverton and Greenleys]] parish) on the other side of the track. Monks Way (H3, [[A422 road|A422]]) bounds the parish from the neighbouring [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]].

* {{OS coord|482776_240075|Location map of Bancroft}}


===Blue Bridge===
===Blue Bridge===
This small district is mainly residential, near the [[West Coast Main Line]] and the [[Grand Union Canal]] (which separates it from Stonebridge, the rest of the grid square). It is also home to its own residential club which it shares with Bancroft Park - [http://www.facebook.com/RomanParkRC Roman Park Residents Club]
This small district is mainly residential, near the [[West Coast Main Line]] and the [[Grand Union Canal]] (which separates it from Stonebridge, the rest of the grid square). It is also home to its own residential club, which it shares with Bancroft Park.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/RomanParkRC Roman Park Residents Club] (Facebook page)</ref> The 'Blue Bridge' (1834{{ndash}}5), now restricted to pedestrian and cycle traffic, is one of the oldest bridges over the [[West Coast Main Line]] and is a Grade II listed structure.<ref>{{NHLE| num= 1246101 | desc= Blue Bridge | date= 23 May 2001 | access-date= 29 March 2022}}</ref>
* {{OS coord|482442_240677|Location map}}


===Bradville===
===Bradville===
This district, between [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]], [[New Bradwell]] and Stantonbury, is mainly residential.
[[File:Bradwell-windmill.JPG |thumb |Bradwell Windmill - near [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]] village, though actually in Bradville grid square ]]
This district, between [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]], [[New Bradwell]] and Stantonbury itself, is mainly residential. The windmill is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE| num= 1311093 | desc= The Old Windmill | date= 12 June 1953 | access-date= 29 March 2022}}</ref>
* {{OS coord|483670_241065|Location map}}

===Linford Wood===
===Linford Wood===
As well as the ancient woodland, this district is mainly for high-tech industry. Because of its elevation, it is best known in Milton Keynes as the site for the telecommunications tower. It was originally part of the [[Great Linford|Linford demesne]].
As well as the [[ancient woodland]] that gives it its name, this district is mainly for high-tech industry. It is best known in Milton Keynes as the site of the telecommunications tower, for which it was chosen for its high elevation. It was originally part of the [[Great Linford|Linford demesne]].


===Oakridge Park===
*{{OS coord|484776_240408|Location map}}
This small district of private housing development, part of the northern expansion of Milton Keynes outside its 1967 designated boundary, dates from about 2010.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} There is a small local centre with an Asda supermarket, a pharmacy and other small shops.


===Stantonbury===
===Stantonbury===
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This district lies north of [[Central Milton Keynes]], between [[Great Linford]] and [[Wolverton]], and south of Oakridge Park. It is largely residential, but the greater proportion of the area is taken up by two secondary schools ([[Stantonbury School]] and the [[Webber Independent School]]), a Theatre, leisure centre with a 25m swimming pool and an all-weather, competition standard, athletics track.
''See introduction.''
*{{OS coord|484443_241408|Location map}}


Modern Stantonbury lies on land historically known as "Stanton High" (as opposed to "Stanton Low").{{sfnp|Mynard|1971|p=20}}
==Demography==
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===Stanton Low===
!colspan="4"|'''Stantonbury compared'''
[[File:Stonton Barry.png|thumb|A clip from a Plea Roll of the [[Court of Common Pleas (England)|Court of Common Pleas]] (1424) that reads "Stonton Barry", the ancient name of Stantonbury<ref name="Stonton Barry" />]]
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Stanton Low lies near the [[River Great Ouse]] and is the [[Deserted medieval village|deserted village]] of historic Stantonbury,{{sfnp|Page|1927}} one of the [[History of Milton Keynes#Existing settlements and oral history|rural Buckinghamshire villages]] that were included in the area designated in 1967 to become Milton Keynes. Today this is an uninhabited agricultural area near the river. Little if anything remains of the deserted village other than the ruins of the parish church of St Peter. In the late 1950s the ruins of a Roman villa were discovered here, but were completely destroyed by gravel extraction.<ref>{{PastScape|fewer-links=yes|num=345100|accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|'''2001 UK Census'''||'''Stantonbury ward'''||'''Milton Keynes UA'''||'''England'''
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|Population||8,940||207,057||49,138,831
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|Foreign born||9.8%||9.9%||9.2%
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|White||89.6%||90.7%||90.9%
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|Asian||5.2%||4.5%||4.6%
|-
|Black||3.2%||2.4%||2.3%
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|Christian||64.2%||65.5%||71.7%
|-
|Muslim||2.6%||2.3%||3.1%
|-
|Hindu||1.9%||1.3%||1.1%
|-
|No religion||22.2%||21.6%||14.6%
|-
|Unemployed||3.5%||3%||3.3%
|-
|Retired||9.2%||9%||13.5%
|}
At the 2001 UK census, the Stantonbury [[electoral ward]] had a population of 8,940. The ethnicity was 89.6% white, 1.5% mixed race, 5.2% Asian, 3.2% black and 0.5% other. The place of birth of residents was 90.2% United Kingdom, 1.1% Republic of Ireland, 1.4% other Western European countries, and 7.3% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 64.2% Christian, 0.3% Buddhist, 1.9% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, and 2.6% Muslim. 22.2% were recorded as having no religion, 0.6% had an alternative religion and 7.4% did not state their religion.<ref name=Stat>{{cite web |title= Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher= [[Office for National Statistics]] |url= http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5939928&c=Stantonbury&d=14&g=410034&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1208650026703&enc=1&domainId=16 |accessdate= 20 April 2008}}</ref>


==Church of St Peter==
The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 50.8% in full-time employment, 11.6% in part-time employment, 6.3% self-employed, 3.5% unemployed, 3% students with jobs, 2.6% students without jobs, 9.2% retired, 5.8% looking after home or family, 4.7% permanently sick or disabled and 2.6% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 22.3% retail, 15.4% manufacturing, 5.1% construction, 15% real estate, 6.4% health and social work, 6.6% education, 10.8% transport and communications, 4.6% public administration, 3.9% hotels and restaurants, 5.2% finance, 0.5% agriculture and 4.2% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in retail, transport and communications. There were a relatively low proportion in construction, health and social work, and agriculture. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 15% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.<ref name=Stat/>
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The former [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Peter]] in Stanton Low {{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SP 8356442736|(map)}} is [[Norman architecture|Norman]], with a mid-12th century [[nave]] and even earlier [[chancel]].{{sfnp|Page|1927}} There was a [[hagioscope|squint]] in the south wall of the chancel, but this was later blocked.{{sfnp|Page|1927}} St. Peter's was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century; the [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]] east window and [[piscina]] were added in the 14th century.{{sfnp|Page|1927}} By the latter part of the 17th century Stantonbury was almost deserted but the church was still in use; between 1668 and 1674 the [[Puritan]] poet and hymnwriter [[John Mason (poet)|John Mason]] was its parish priest.{{sfnp|Page|1927}} In 1736 only four houses remained in the village,{{sfnp|Page|1927}} but St Peter's was still in use in 1927{{sfnp|Page|1927}} and [[John Piper (artist)|John Piper]] painted a [[watercolour]] of it in about 1940.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1105552/stpeters-church-stanton-low-watercolour-piper/ |title=St.Peter's Church, Stanton Low |date=1 July 2009 |publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |access-date=28 April 2024}} (source includes an image of the picture)</ref> By 1955 the church had been disused for a number of years; the following year the roof collapsed.{{sfnp|Mynard|1971|p=20}} and was not repaired. By 1973 St. Peter's was a ruin, and the east window and ornamented Norman [[chancel]] arch had been removed{{sfnp|Pevsner|1973|p=241}} (in 1963, to the Church of St James in New Bradwell.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE| num= 1125329 | desc= CHURCH OF ST JAMES | date= 28 October 1976 | access-date= 11 March 2022}}</ref>) The building is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE| num= 1125226 | desc= RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, WOLVERTON ROAD | date= 17 November 1966 | access-date= 29 March 2022}}</ref>

Because the civil parish boundary runs along the canal, St Peter's is actually in [[Haversham#Civil parish|Haversham-cum-Little Linford civil parish]].<ref name=NHLE />


==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{cite journal |title=Rescue excavations at the deserted medieval village of Stantonbury, Bucks |journal=Records of Buckinghamshire |url=http://bucksas.org.uk/rob/rob_19_1_17.pdf |last=Mynard |first=Dennis C. |pages=17{{ndash}}41 |volume=19 |date=1971 |publisher=Bucks Archaeological Society}}
*{{cite book |editor-last=Page |editor-first=W.H. |editor-link=William Henry Page |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4 |year=1927 |publisher= |location= |pages=462–466}}
*{{Cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Buckinghamshire |origyear=1960 |year=1973 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071019-1 |page=241 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William H. |editor-link=William Henry Page |series= [[Victoria History of the Counties of England]] |title=A History of the County of Buckingham |volume=4 |year=1927 |pages=462–466 |chapter-url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp462-466 |chapter=Parishes : Stantonbury |publisher= [[Constable & Robinson|Constable & Co. Ltd.]] | location = London }}
*{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Buckinghamshire |orig-year=1960 |year=1973 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071019-1 |page=241 }}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.stantonburybrass.co.uk Stantonbury Brass]
* [http://www.stantonburybrass.co.uk Stantonbury Brass]
* [http://www.mkweb.co.uk/sport/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=1455 Leisure centre]
* [http://www.mkfencing.org.uk Milton Keynes Fencing Club]
* [http://www.cmksc.com City of Milton Keynes Swimming Club]
* [http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=miltonkeynes Running track]
* [http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=miltonkeynes Running track]


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Stantonbury is located in Milton Keynes
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Stantonbury is located in Buckinghamshire
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Population10,084 (2011 Census)[1]
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Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Central Milton Keynes.[2] The toponym Stanton is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the bury element from the French family Barri who held it in 1235.[3][4] The original Stantonbury is a deserted medieval village now known as Stanton Low;[5] the Stantonbury name has been reused for the modern district at the heart of the civil parish.

Civil parish

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As well as Stantonbury itself, the civil parish of Stantonbury includes the districts of Bancroft and Bancroft Park, Blue Bridge, Bradville and Linford Wood. The population of the parish of Stantonbury grew from 19 at the 1971 census to 3,938 according to the 1981 census. By the time of the 2001 census its population had reached 9,010.[6] At the 2011 census, it had 10,084 people.[1]

Bancroft

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Liz Leyh's Concrete Cows (copy) in Bancroft

The residential Bancroft district is divided by Shenley Brook into Bancroft Park to the west and Bancroft to the east. The brook valley here is part of the flood control system and is a linear park for most of the year. There is a permanent wetland with associated plants and wildlife.

The foundations of a Romano-British farm known as Bancroft Roman Villa are in what is now the North Loughton Park, overlooking the Shenley Brook.[7](map) Rescue excavations in 1957 identified a group of perhaps four buildings, traces of a hypocaust and sherds of Iron Age pottery.[8] A section of mosaic flooring recovered from the site is in the "guest services lounge" of Central Milton Keynes shopping centre.[9]

A copy of the famous Concrete Cows sculpture is at the southern end of the park (the original is in the Milton Keynes Museum). The Cows were originally sited here.

Bancroft is a haven for birds and one of the best places to see a common kingfisher. This is because of the wide variety of habitats the Parks Trust has created, from old grassland managed as wildflower meadows, through patches of thorn scrub to extensive marsh. cowslips and salad burnet flower in the spring, followed in summer to the customary flowers of traditional hay meadow: lady's bedstraw and birdsfoot trefoil.

Bancroft pétanque Piste, which is near the Roman villa site, is provided by the Parks Trust free of charge. Also known as boules, pétanque is a traditional game played with steel balls on any sandy or gravelly surface across a large part of Europe.

The Bancrofts comprise just half the H2/H3/V5/V6 grid square, which is divided by the West Coast Main Line; the line is also the parish boundary, with Stacey Bushes (in Wolverton and Greenleys parish) on the other side of the tracks. Monks Way (H3, A422) bounds the parish from the neighbouring Bradwell.

Blue Bridge

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This small district is mainly residential, near the West Coast Main Line and the Grand Union Canal (which separates it from Stonebridge, the rest of the grid square). It is also home to its own residential club, which it shares with Bancroft Park.[10] The 'Blue Bridge' (1834–5), now restricted to pedestrian and cycle traffic, is one of the oldest bridges over the West Coast Main Line and is a Grade II listed structure.[11]

Bradville

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Bradwell Windmill - near Bradwell village, though actually in Bradville grid square

This district, between Bradwell, New Bradwell and Stantonbury itself, is mainly residential. The windmill is a Grade II listed building.[12]

Linford Wood

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As well as the ancient woodland that gives it its name, this district is mainly for high-tech industry. It is best known in Milton Keynes as the site of the telecommunications tower, for which it was chosen for its high elevation. It was originally part of the Linford demesne.

Oakridge Park

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This small district of private housing development, part of the northern expansion of Milton Keynes outside its 1967 designated boundary, dates from about 2010.[citation needed] There is a small local centre with an Asda supermarket, a pharmacy and other small shops.

Stantonbury

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This district lies north of Central Milton Keynes, between Great Linford and Wolverton, and south of Oakridge Park. It is largely residential, but the greater proportion of the area is taken up by two secondary schools (Stantonbury School and the Webber Independent School), a Theatre, leisure centre with a 25m swimming pool and an all-weather, competition standard, athletics track.

Modern Stantonbury lies on land historically known as "Stanton High" (as opposed to "Stanton Low").[13]

Stanton Low

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A clip from a Plea Roll of the Court of Common Pleas (1424) that reads "Stonton Barry", the ancient name of Stantonbury[4]

Stanton Low lies near the River Great Ouse and is the deserted village of historic Stantonbury,[14] one of the rural Buckinghamshire villages that were included in the area designated in 1967 to become Milton Keynes. Today this is an uninhabited agricultural area near the river. Little if anything remains of the deserted village other than the ruins of the parish church of St Peter. In the late 1950s the ruins of a Roman villa were discovered here, but were completely destroyed by gravel extraction.[15]

Church of St Peter

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The former Church of England parish church of Saint Peter in Stanton Low (map) is Norman, with a mid-12th century nave and even earlier chancel.[14] There was a squint in the south wall of the chancel, but this was later blocked.[14] St. Peter's was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century; the Decorated Gothic east window and piscina were added in the 14th century.[14] By the latter part of the 17th century Stantonbury was almost deserted but the church was still in use; between 1668 and 1674 the Puritan poet and hymnwriter John Mason was its parish priest.[14] In 1736 only four houses remained in the village,[14] but St Peter's was still in use in 1927[14] and John Piper painted a watercolour of it in about 1940.[16] By 1955 the church had been disused for a number of years; the following year the roof collapsed.[13] and was not repaired. By 1973 St. Peter's was a ruin, and the east window and ornamented Norman chancel arch had been removed[8] (in 1963, to the Church of St James in New Bradwell.[17]) The building is a Grade II listed building.[18]

Because the civil parish boundary runs along the canal, St Peter's is actually in Haversham-cum-Little Linford civil parish.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Stantonbury (E04012191)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Parishes Boundaries as at 2012" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. 2012.
  3. ^ "Key to English place names: Stantonbury". Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP40/654". 1424. "Stanton Barry".
  5. ^ Mynard (1971).
  6. ^ Population Bulletin 2005/06, page 22
  7. ^ Williams, R.J.; Zeepvat, R. (1994). A late Bronze Age/Iron Age Settlement, Roman Villa and Temple/Mausoleum. Monograph. Vol. 7. Aylesbury: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society.
  8. ^ a b Pevsner (1973), p. 241.
  9. ^ "Bancroft Villa fourth-century Roman mosaic pavement". Heritage Tile Conservation Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017..
  10. ^ Roman Park Residents Club (Facebook page)
  11. ^ Historic England (23 May 2001). "Blue Bridge (1246101)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  12. ^ Historic England (12 June 1953). "The Old Windmill (1311093)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ^ a b Mynard (1971), p. 20.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Page (1927).
  15. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 345100". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  16. ^ "St.Peter's Church, Stanton Low". Victoria and Albert Museum. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2024. (source includes an image of the picture)
  17. ^ a b Historic England (28 October 1976). "CHURCH OF ST JAMES (1125329)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  18. ^ Historic England (17 November 1966). "RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, WOLVERTON ROAD (1125226)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

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