King's Stanley

King's Stanley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, situated southwest of the town of Stroud. The village is part of what is known locally as 'The Stanleys', along with its neighbours Leonard Stanley and Stanley Downton. Marling Close, which contains the local playing fields on which the cricket and football teams play, was donated to the village by local magnates The Marlings who also helped found Marling School, and is now in the care of the Marling Trust. The village is overlooked by Selsley common. The village is home to the oldest Baptist Church in Gloucestershire that started meeting in 1640. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.[2]

King's Stanley

Church Street, the main road through Kings Stanley, leading to the King's Head pub
King's Stanley
Location within Gloucestershire
Population2,359 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO812038
Civil parish
  • King's Stanley
District
  • Stroud
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStonehouse
Postcode districtGL10
Dialling code01453
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The 12th century parish church of St George is a grade I listed building.[3]

Education

King's Stanley is home to a C of E Primary School. This was established as a result of the amalgamation of the Infant and Junior Schools on the site of the old Junior School. This is to allow construction of a new building on the old Infant School site where the whole school will ultimately be based. It's planned that the new school buildings will be completed by Easter 2011.

The Primary School was inspected by Ofsted in October 2009, and judged to be "Outstanding".[4]

Notable people
  • William James (1754-1805), the great-grandfather of Wild West outlaw Jesse James.
  • Anthony Keck, eighteenth century architect who had his workshops at King's Stanley throughout his life and is buried in St. George's in the village.[5]
  • Sir Charles Murray Marling (1862-1933), British Diplomat and Ambassador.

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk
  3. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST GEORGE (1090720)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/113769/(as)/135266_333758.pdf%5B%5D
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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