Stanton under Bardon
| Stanton under Bardon | |
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 St Mary and All Saints' parish church |
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 Stanton under Bardon
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| Stanton under Bardon shown within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 634 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SK4610 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LE67 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| Website | Stanton Under Bardon Parish Council |
Stanton-under-Bardon is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Coalville, Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 634.
Most of the houses are red brick, and many on Main Street are terraced and have long, thin gardens. The village is set in farmland and open fields and is near Junction 22 of the M1 motorway. The village is near Markfield, with which it shares a local newspaper, the Markfield and Stanton Under Bardon Herald. The village has a thatched pub, post office, two churches and a primary school. Bardon Quarry is nearby.
Stanton under Bardon derives from the Old English words stᾱn for "stone" and tῡn for a village or estate.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records Stanton under Bardon under the Guthlaxon hundred of Suffolk. It records the village as having had 18 households and three geld units. These were average statistics for the time in comparison to surrounding villages such as Barlestone and Osbaston. Geld units refer to the total tax assessed on each property. It is also noted that there were 13 villagers and five smallholders, which were required to pay £1 to the Lord as rent in 1086 to Lord Geoffrey of la Guerche.
In the early 1870s the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanton under Bardon as
In 1881 a high proportion of the local population worked with various minerals, suggesting that stone was key to the areas foundations and the possible cause for the naming of the village.
Anglicans from Stanton under Bardon worshipped at Thorton, 2 miles (3 km) away, until Stanton's own Church of England parish church of St Mary and All Saints church was completed and consecrated in 1909. It was planned to have a south aisle and a west end, but has never been completed, and the three-bay arcade intended for the south aisle is blocked with red brick. The church seats 120 people.
Population of Stanton under Bardon Civil Parish, Leicestershire, as reported by the Census of Population from 1881 to 2011
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