Stanwick

Stanwick is referred to in the Domesday Book as Stanwige or Stanwica, which may mean stone farm or stone village. In 1086 the manor of Stanwick was held by Peterborough Abbey but by 1284 there appear to have been two manors.
A spring called Hollywell was once well known in the village and may have been the centre of a heathen cult, which was later Christianised.
The Parish Church, shown in the photo, dates mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries: Stanwick Hall has 17 Century origins and the Old rectory was built in 1717. In addition to these three buildings there are four others in Stanwick on the list of buildings of architectural or historic interest.
In 1901 there were 214 houses in the Parish: in 1981 there were 530, and over the same period the population increased from 901 to 1,343.
The 1991 Census shows a population of 1,481 in 575 houses: the mid 1955 estimate is for 1,505 and 585.
Stanwick has the largest village population in the district and services which include shops, a Working Men's Club, a public house, a post office and a school. There is also a wide range of recreational facilities to the west of Aris Lane.
The village is near to Raunds with its wider range of facilities and there are bus services to raunds, Rushden, Wellingborough and Northampton.