Stanford on Teme
{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.290156|-2.436377|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Stanford on Teme
| population =
| static_image = Stanford Court - geograph.org.uk - 1172297.jpg
| static_image_width = 250px
| static_image_caption = Stanford Court
| shire_district = Malvern Hills
| shire_county = Worcestershire
| region = West Midlands
| civil_parish = Stanford with Orleton
| constituency_westminster = West Worcestershire
| postcode_district = WR6
| postcode_area = WR
| post_town = WORCESTER
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SO735658
| london_distance =
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Stanford on Teme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanford with Orleton, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 144.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10346885/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Stanford on Teme AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=20 May 2022}}
History
{{see also|History of Worcestershire}}
Stanford Court, a Grade II listed 18th century stately home,{{cite web|title=Stanford Court, Stanford with Orleton|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-149377-stanford-court-stanford-with-orleton-wor|website=British Listed Buildings}} is the ancestral home of the Winnington baronets. The house was first built in the reign of King James I. It was extended in the 18th century, and remodelled after a fire in 1882.{{cite web|title=Stanford Court, England|url=http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/3050?preview=1|website=Parks & Gardens UK}}
Lucy Lyttelton Cameron, the children's author was born here in 1781.Joanne Potier, ‘Cameron , Lucy Lyttelton (1781–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4450, accessed 26 Aug 2014] She was the daughter of George Butt and his wife and they had another daughter named Mary Martha. The rectory in Stanford was built for George Butt just to the west of the church.'Parishes: Stanford on Teme', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (1924), pp. 341–345. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42907 Date accessed: 26 August 2014
On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with "Orleton" to form "Stanford with Orleton".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10346885|title=Relationships and changes Stanford on Teme AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=20 May 2022}}
References
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External links
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- [http://moderngov.malvernhills.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=173&J=2 Malvern Hills District official web site]
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Category:Villages in Worcestershire
Category:Former civil parishes in Worcestershire
Category:Malvern Hills District
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