Stanton Prior

Stanton Prior

View of Stanton Prior village, August 2007
Stanton Prior
Stanton Prior shown within Somerset
Population 60 
OS grid reference ST675628
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BATH
Postcode district BA2
Dialling code 01761
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Stanton Prior is a small village, within the civil parish of Marksbury, set in Duchy of Cornwall countryside, 6 miles (9.7 km) south west from the UK city of Bath, Somerset.

Stanton Prior derives its name from the Old English 'Stantona'[1] (meaning Stone Town) and is reputed to be one of the smallest villages in Somerset,[2] consisting of two farms, 21 houses and the Church of St Lawrence, which has its origins in the 12th century but is mainly 15th century and underwent heavy restoration in 1860. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[3]

The village was the property of Saxon Kings who gave it to Bath Abbey before the Norman Conquest and it was help by the Prior until the dissolution of the monasteries. It was then granted to Thomas Horner, who sold it to General Erington in 1544.[4] The parish of Stanton Prior was part of the Keynsham Hundred.[5]

Close by, on Stantonbury Hill, are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort known as Stantonbury Camp,[6] which lies on the line of Wansdyke.[7] Stanton is home to a rare chain pump, albeit without its chain.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Notes and Queries, s6-IX: 101-120 (1884) Oxford Journals
  2. ↑ "Population Profile of Somerset 1961". Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  3. ↑ "Church of St Lawrence". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  4. ↑ Robinson, W.J. (1915). West Country Churches. Bristol: Bristol Times and Mirror Ltd. pp. 169–173.
  5. ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Stantonbury Hill". Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  7. ↑ "Stanton Prior". British History Online. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  8. ↑ http://www.villagepumps.org.uk/pumpsSoms.htm
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