Stanground, Peterborough

Stanground is a residential area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes it comprises Stanground Central and Stanground East wards in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.

Situated south of the River Nene, on relatively high ground overlooking The Fens, the area was historically part of the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire and of Huntingdonshire, rather than the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire. [ [http://hipweb.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cgi-bin/cambscoll/history.pl?term=Stanground&category=village&exact=exact Information about Stanground circa 1900] [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/lookup.asp?id=00005Q5U.txt&ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=Test+Web+Site&Index=Historical%20Directories&UseQField=County&QField=County^Northamptonshire&Query=&File=E%3A%5CZYIMAGE%5CDATA%5CHISTDIR%5CTXT%5C00000000%5C00005Q5U.txt&User=anonymous&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=f%3Ah&MaximumDocuments=10&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r80g5/r80g5/x150y150g5/i500&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=f&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=f "Kelly's Directory of Hunts. and Northamptonshire"] (p.60) Kelly & Co., London, 1903] Stanground was the only civil parish contained partly in two administrative counties. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/chap_page.jsp?t_id=Cen_Guide&c_id=19&show=AL Areas for which populations have been given in the census reports] 6.2 Modern Administrative Areas "A vision of Britain through time" Great Britain Historical GIS Project, University of Portsmouth, Department of Geography (retrieved 23 January 2008)] In 1905 the part in the county of Huntingdon was created a separate parish, Stanground South, within Old Fletton Urban District and the anomaly removed; the remainder, in Thorney Rural District, becoming Stanground North. [Local Government Board Order No. 56410, made under the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c.73) s.36] In 1965 Huntingdonshire and the Soke amalgamated as Huntingdon and Peterborough and the Isle of Ely and historic Cambridgeshire (excluding Thorney Rural District which transferred to Huntingdon and Peterborough) amalgamated as Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. [The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967), "Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area" (Report No.3), 31 July 1961 and "Report and Proposals for the Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area" (Report No.9), 07 May 1965] In 1974 Thorney Rural District and Old Fletton Urban District became part of the current district in the new non-metropolitan county. [ [http://www.wikilivres.info/wiki/index.php/The_English_Non-metropolitan_Districts_(Definition)_Order_1972 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972] (SI 1972/2039) Part 5: County of Cambridgeshire] As part of a Rural District prior to the passing of the Act, Stanground North remained parished. [Local Government Act 1972 (1972 cap.70) s1(6)] This redundant parish which contained no dwellings or residents was finally abolished in 2003. [The Peterborough (Parishes) Order 2004 (SI 2004/995), see [http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/151840 Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England] Orders made between 01 April 2003 and 31 March 2004, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, October 2004. See also Beasley, Gillian [http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/electoral-parish-review-parish.pdf A Review of the Parishing Arrangements of the Peterborough City Council Area] Draft Recommendations for Change, Peterborough City Council, 16 April 2003]

The ecclesiastical parish of Saint John the Baptist in the Diocese of Ely covers the whole area. However, it has now been placed under the pastoral care of the Bishop of Peterborough, acting as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely. [ [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=832244 RELIGION: Bishops bridge boundaries aboard boat] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 02 August 2004] [ [http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/media/press/details.html?id=26 Bridging the divide in a city] Diocese of Ely, Ref. 0471, 29 July 2004]

Stanground St. Johns Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, Oakdale County Primary School and Southfields County Infant and Junior schools are located in the area; secondary pupils attend Stanground College. The Italian honorary consular agency for Peterborough is based at the college. [ [http://www.conslondra.esteri.it/Consolato_Londra/Menu/Il_Consolato/La_rete_consolare/ Consular Network] Consulate General of Italy in London, 01 July 2008]

References

ee also

*Stanground Newt Ponds
*Stanground Wash

External links

* [http://www.stangroundcollege.co.uk/ Stanground College]
* [http://www.stangroundstjohnsschool.co.uk/ Stanground St. Johns School]
* [http://www.oakdale.peterborough.sch.uk/ Oakdale School]
* [http://www.southfieldsjuniors.co.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Welcome%20to%20Southfields%20Junior%20School&sid=1 Southfields School]
* [http://www.consbedford.esteri.it/ Vice Consulate of Italy in Bedford]