Stannington, Northumberland
- Stannington, Northumberland
Stannington is a small village in central Northumberland which is associated with Morpeth and its county council. Stannington's oldest building is the church, St. Mary The Virgin, preached by their local vicar Reverend Canon Colin R. Gough, a canon from the Diocese of Newcastle.Fact|date=February 2007 The Church was First built in the 1100s and was then knocked down and then rebuilt.Fact|date=February 2007 Stannington is divided into three: Stannington North-East Quarter, Stannington North-West Quarter and Stannington South Quarter.Fact|date=February 2007
The total area of Stannington, including Stannington Vale is 10,093 acres.Fact|date=February 2007 The principle landowners are The Earl of Carlisle and Sir Matthew White Ridley, who shares his name with the local pub "The Ridley Arms".Fact|date=February 2007
The village has two vicarages.Fact|date=February 2007 There were two hospitals set in St. Mary's known as St. Mary's Hospital; one was a children's tuberculosis hospital and the second a mental asylum.Fact|date=February 2007 Stannington First School is located near the church. The village also has a village post office and shop.Fact|date=February 2007
The A1 road arcs past the village and in instances of traffic accidents or otherwise-motivated road closures, traffic form the A1 has had to be streamed though the village itself.Fact|date=February 2007 Improvements in the last ten years to the roads interconnecting Stannington to surrounding areas has meant a reduction in the relatively high accident count in the area previous to the new developmentsFact|date=February 2007, and consequently the likelihood of said traffic-diversion measures. Modifications include a roundabout and a new over-pass. Fact|date=February 2007
External links
* [http://www.stannington.northumberland.sch.uk Stannington First School Website]
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