Back Stanton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Gloucestershire) CEB Stanton, Swydd Gaerloyw Welsh استنتون (گلاسترشر) Persian Stanton (Gloucestershire) French Stanton (Gloucestershire) Italian Stanton (Gloucestershire) LLD Stanton (Gloucestershire) Polish Stanton, Gloucestershire Swedish Stanton, Gloucestershire Turkish
| Stanton | |
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 A cottage and wall in Stanton, both built with Cotswold stone | |
  Stanton Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 198 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP0634 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Broadway |
| Postcode district | WR12 |
| Dialling code | 01386 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Stanton Parish Council |
Stanton is a village and civil parish in Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England. The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southwest of Broadway in neighbouring Worcestershire. Broadway is Stanton's postal town. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 198.[1]
The parish is about 3 miles (5 km) long on a northwest – southeast axis, embracing both low-lying land northwest of the village and high Cotswold land to the southeast. On the opposite northeast – southwest axis the parish is about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) across at its widest point. Its highest point is Shenberrow Hill on the escarpment in the southeast of the parish, 994 feet (303 m) above sea level. The low-lying northwestern part of the parish is bounded mostly by two streams, which converge and then join the River Isbourne about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) outside the parish. A report in 1712 indicated that the village consisted of 60 houses and 300 inhabitants, including 29 freeholders.[2]
Much of the area of the village was owned by the Stott family from 1906 to 1949. In addition to restoring the properties, these owners built a reservoir in 1907, added lighting to the main street, improved the church, extended the school, built a swimming pool and cricket field.[3] Today, the village has no school, post office or shops.[4]
The village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has a high street, with a pub, The Mount, at the end.[5] David Verey calls it "architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds".[6] The Daily Telegraph described Stanton in 2017 as "arguably the most beautiful Cotswold village of them all"[7] while the Huffington Post said that it's "one of the prettiest and idyllic unspoilt villages of the Cotswolds".[8]
The Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the village.[9]
- ^ "Area: Stanton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ Glover, Susan Paterson (19 January 2018). The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives by Sarah Chapone. Routledge. ISBN 9781317029281. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via Google Books.
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- ^ "The Mount Inn, Stanton - Village Pub near Broadway, Worcestershire UK". themountatstanton. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Verey 1970, p. 413.
- ^ Madden, Richard (3 October 2017). "10 perfect pub walks in the Cotswolds". Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Five Magical Cotswolds Towns for the Winter". HuffPost UK. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Cotswold Way Circular Walk: 3. Stanton, Snowshill and the Edge - National Trails". www.nationaltrail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.