Stanton St Quintin
village in Wiltshire, England, UK
Stanton St Quintin is a small village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Chippenham and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Malmesbury. The parish church dates in part from the 12th century.
The parish includes the hamlets of Clanville (in the southeast) and Lower Stanton St Quintin (on the A429 road, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the northeast).
History
Farmland and woodland at Stantone in the ancient hundred of Chippenham, were recorded in the Domesday Book survey of 1086. There were 19 households, and estates were held by Glastonbury Abbey and Osbern Giffard.
There is a Roman villa site at Stanton Park in the west of the parish, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Fosse Way. The Malmesbury-Chippenham road, crossing the parish from north to south, has been in use since at least 1100. There were two villages from 1223 or earlier: Stanton (on the road between Draycot Cerne and Grittleton, later called Upper Stanton) and Nether Stanton (later Lower Stanton). In the southeast of the parish is a moated site, about 50 metres square, of unknown date.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2092350. VIAF identifies the subject as 157362963. The Library of Congress control number is nb2007018881. Authority coordinates are 51.519, -2.135. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1086, 1100 and 1223.
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