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Stanton Prior
View of Stanton Prior village, August 2007
Stanton PriorLocation within Somerset
Population	60
OS grid reference	ST675628
Civil parish	Marksbury
District	Bath and North East Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BATH
Postcode district	BA2
Dialling code	01761
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Frome and East Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset 51°21′52″N 2°27′48″W / 51.3644°N 2.4633°W / 51.3644; -2.4633

Stanton Prior is a small village within the civil parish of Marksbury, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is set in Duchy of Cornwall countryside between Newton St Loe and Marksbury, 6 miles (9.7 km) west from the UK city of Bath. In 1931 the parish had a population of 85. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Marksbury.

Stanton Prior derives its name from the Old English 'Stantona' (meaning Stone Town) and is reputed to be one of the smallest villages in Somerset, consisting of two farms, 21 houses and the Church of St Lawrence, which has its origins in the 12th century but is mainly 15th century and underwent heavy restoration in 1860. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

The village was the property of Saxon Kings who gave it to Bath Abbey before the Norman Conquest and it was held by the Prior until the dissolution of the monasteries. It was then granted to Thomas Horner, who sold it to General Erington in 1544. The parish of Stanton Prior was part of the Keynsham Hundred.

Close by, on Stantonbury Hill, are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort known as Stantonbury Camp, which lies on the line of Wansdyke. Stanton is home to a rare chain pump, albeit without its chain.

References

1. "Population statistics Stanton Prior CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
2. "Relationships and changes Stanton Prior CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. Notes and Queries, s6-IX: 101-120 (1884) Oxford Journals
4. "Population Profile of Somerset 1961". Retrieved 22 September 2007.
5. Historic England. "Church of St Lawrence (1129527)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
6. Robinson, W.J. (1915). West Country Churches. Bristol: Bristol Times and Mirror Ltd. pp. 169–173.
7. "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
8. "Stantonbury Hill". Retrieved 22 September 2007.
9. "Stanton Prior". British History Online. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
10. "pumps somerset". www.villagepumps.org.uk.

External links

• Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 2nd edition (c. 1900)

• Villages in Bath and North East Somerset
• Former civil parishes in Somerset