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Stanley
Also known as: Stanley, Swydd Durham
Stanley in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Stanley is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, it lies south-west of Gateshead. The town's name is derived from the Old English stān and lēah, meaning "stony woodland clearing". The local economy was once based on coal-mining and other heavy industries; with their disappearance or substantial decline, Stanley is now primarily a commuter town. Its core began to grow in the 19th century through the expansion and merger of the mining villages of East Stanley and West Stanley.
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Background
History
Some archaeological evidence of possible Iron Age and Roman activity has been found in the Stanley area. Stanley is referred to in an early 13th century episcopal a documented decisionof Richard Poore, Bishop of Durham from 1228 to 1237. Dated between 1228 and 1234, it confirms the granting of the vill of Stanley and some land in Durham to William de Kilkenny. The first printed map of the Bishopric of Durham was created in 1576. Published in 1579 as part of the cartographer Christopher Saxton's county atlas, it shows Stanley as "Standley". In 1611, John Speed, a famous English mapmaker who built on Saxton's work, created a map of the bishopric that also shows Stanley as "Standley". The 1909…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8670, -1.6920
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanley
- Postcode
- DH9 6TF
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Durham
- Official site
- www.stanley-tc.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q924360 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stanley, County Durham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stanley?
- Stanley is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8670°, -1.6920°.