Stanway, Essex

Stanway, Essex

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude=51.88170
longitude=0.81726
official_name= Stanway
population = 7,600
shire_district= Colchester
shire_county = Essex
region= East of England

constituency_westminster= Colchester
post_town= Colchester
postcode_district = CO3
postcode_area= CO
dial_code= 01206
os_grid_reference= TL940241

Stanway is a village and civil parish near (now suburb of) Colchester.

Stanway is located approximately three miles west of Colchester town centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the A12 and the A1124 at Eight Ash Green. Colchester Zoo, [http://www.stanway.essex.sch.uk Stanway (Comprehensive) School] , Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn met at the local school. The local football team is Stanway Rovers, based at "New Farm Road".

Stanway was named in the Domesday Book which was commissioned by William the Conqueror in December 1085.For a comprehensive history of Stanway, see [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15273] .

The £4.3m A12 bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs are the "Live and Let Live" on "Millers Lane" and the "Swan" on "London Road".

References

*'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63.

External links

* [http://www.knowhere.co.uk/71.html Knowhere Guide]
* [http://www.stanway-pri.essex.sch.uk Primary School]
* [http://www.stanwayschool.com Stanway School Alumni]
* [http://www.stalbrights.org St Albrights church]


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