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STANLEY. 524 STANMORE, GREAT. the Highland and Scottish North-Eastern railways. It is situated near Linn-of-Campsey fall, on the right bank of the river Tay. This village, which is considerable, was founded in 1784, and was named in honour of the daughter of James Stanley, Earl of Derby, who married a brother of one of the dukes of Athol. It chiefly owes its prosperity to the cotton manufacture which was established here at the end of the last century. The living is in the presb. of Perth, and in the patron, of the Stanley Company. The stipend of the minister is about 150. The church, which has a tower 85 feet in height, was erected in 1828, at an outlay of 4,000, defrayed by the Stanley Company. There is also a chapel belonging to the Free Church. The principal seat is Stanley House, formerly occupied by Lord Nairn. A short distance from this mansion are the ruins of Inchbervie. STANLEY, or STANLEIGH WITH STUDLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Chippenham, co. Wilts, 2 miles E. of Chippenham. It contains ruins of a Cistercian priory, which was brought from Quarr (Isle of Wight) in 1154, by Henry II. At the Dissolution the revenue was valued at 177, and the site was then given to the Bay- tons. STANLEY, KING'S, a par. in the lower div. of Whitstono hund., co. Gloucester, 1^ mile S. of Stone- house railway station. The village is situated on the Thames and Severn canal, and is included in the borough of Stroud. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of woollen cloths, introduced here in the time of Elizabeth. The soil is of a sandy nature, with a subsoil of clay. There are quarries of freestone and ragstone. The living is a rect.* in the dioo. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 312, in the patron, of Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. George. The parochial charities produce about 34 per annum, of which 6 go to a school. There is a National school for both sexes, also a British school. The Baptists have a chapel. Stanley Park is the principal residence. W. Leigh, Esq., and the trustees of the late Joseph King, are lords of the manor. STANLEY, NOKTH. See STAINLEY, co. York. STANLEY-PONTLARGE, a par. in the lower div. of Kiftsgate hund., co. Gloucester, 2J miles N.W. of Winchcomb, its post town, and 4 S.W. of Toddington. The parish, which is inconsiderable, is wholly agricul- tural. The surface is flat, and the soil a deep clay. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Toddington, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. The Earl of Wemyss and March is lord of the manor. STANLEY, ST. LEONARD'S. See LEOXAKD-STAN- LEY, co. Gloucester. STANLEY WITH WRENTHORPE, a tnshp. in the ancient par. of Wakefield, lower div. of Agbrigg wap., West Hiding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Wakefield, its post town, and 2| from Normanton railway station. It is situated on the river Calder, and includes the hmlts. of Stanley, Lake Lock, Bottom Boat, Stanley Lane End, Lee Moor, Lofthouse Gate, Lingwell Gate, Wrenthorpe Eastmoor, and Newton Lane End. At Lingwell Gate a number of crucibles, moulds, and above 40 Ib. weight of silver and copper coins were discovered in 1812, some of which are now in the British Museum. Near this place was a Roman station, as well as at Lake Lock. The battle between Robin Hood and the Pindar of Wakefield was fought in this township. On its southern extremity were the hunting-grounds of the earls of Warren, now converted into farms, which retain the names of Park Lodge, Old Park, and New Park. The extensive collieries in this township are worked by Messrs. Robert Hudson & Co. and Messrs. J. & J. Charlesworth, who employ upwards of 500 persons. In Ferry Lane and at Field Head are the reservoirs and engines of the Wakefield waterworks, erected in 1839, but largely extended in 1866. The West Riding paupfir lunatic asylum is also in this township. Its first build- ings were erected in 1818, at a cost of 100,000, and additions have been since made, -so as to enable it to receive 1,200 patients. It is one of the largest and best conducted asylums in the country. The Aire and Calder Navigation Company have constructed a commo- dious canal, which is carried over the Calder by an aqueduct which cost 40,000. The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway also crosses the Calder near Broad Reach by a viaduct. At Wrenthorpe an extensive pottery once existed. The new line of railway from Outwood to Methley crosses this township, and has a station for passengers at Lake Lock. The population in 1851 was 7,257. There ara three ecclesiastical districts, St. Andrew's, Wakefield, St. Peter's, Stanley, and St. Mary Magdalene, Outwood. The charities are two almshouses for widows, and Taylor's gift for putting out apprentices, and for the aged and decrepid. There are National schools at Eastmoor, Lake Lock, Bottom Boat, and Outwood. The Wesleyans, Primitive Metho- dists, and Wesleyan Reformers have chapels. The principal residences are Hatfield Hall, Stanley Hall, Stanley Lodge, Clark Hall, Stoke House, Field Head, Moor House, Outwood Hall, Springfield. S. W. L. Fox, Esq., is lord of the manor. STANLOW, an ext. par. place in the higher div. of Wirrall hund., co. Chester, 4 miles E. of Sutton, and 5 W. of Frodsham. It is situated on the river Mersey, and consists of a few cottages. In 1178 a Cistercian abbey was founded by J. Lacy at Stanlow Point, which was made a cell to Whalley in 1296, and of which some traces still remain. STANLOW, -a tnshp. in the par. of Worfield, higher div. of Wirrall hund., co. Salop, 6 miles N.E. of Bridg- north. STA*NMER, a par. in the hund. of Ringrner, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 4 miles from Lewes, its post town, and 1 mile from the Falmer station, on the Brighton and Lewes railway. The par., which is inconsiderable, is situated near the South Coast railway and the Roman way over the Stanmer Downs. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 141. The church was rebuilt in 1839, at the expense of the Earl of Chichester. Stanmer House is a square building, erected in 1724 by the Pelhams. The Earl of Chichester is lord of the manor and sole landowner. STANMORE, a tythg. in the par. of Beedon, co. Berks, 2 miles S.W. of East Ilsley. STANMORE, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Gore, co. Middlesex, 13 miles N.W. of St. Paul's, London, and 1 mile from Edgware. It is situated on the road to Watford, 2J miles from the line of the London and North- Western railway, and includes the district of Stanmore Marsh. Half a mile to the E. of Stanmore Hall lies Brockley Hill, the site of the Roman station Stilloniacte. At the time of the Domesday sur- vey the manor was held by the Earl of Horeton ; in the 13th century it passed to St. Alban's Abbey, and subsequently to the priory of St. Bartholomew, Smith- field. At a later date it belonged to Sir Peter Gambo, a Spaniard, the Lake, Bry dges, and Drummondfamilies, and is at present vested in J. Kelk, Esq., M.P., the possessor of the estate and mansion of Bontley Priory, situated on the southern slope of the hill : for rather more than a year it was the residence of the late Queen Adelaide, who died there on the 2nd December, 1849. It was to Stanmore that George IV., then Prince Regent, went in great pomp to meet Louis XVIII., then on his way from his retreat at Hartwell to ascend the French throne, after the occupation of Paris by the Allies. The village which extends for nearly a mile, is built on the slope o the hill, commanding a prospect over the vale of the Thames to the S., with the Surrey hills in the background, and towards the N. the vale of Herts. It was lighted with gas in 1859, and contains a population of 1,450. The neighbourhood has many seats and mansions : Stanmore Park, once the seat of Lord Castlereagh, with Stanmore Hall, the Warren House, and the Grove. From the great elevation of the common the ground floors of the houses arc said to bo on a level with the upper line of the tower of Harrow Church. Forbes, author of "Oriental Memoirs," was a resident in the village ; and Dr. Parr, at one period of his life, kept a small school at Stanmore Hill. The