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Stanah Primary School

Stanah Primary School (formerly Stanah County Primary School and Stanah Community Primary School) is a mixed primary school located in the Stanah area of Thornton, Lancashire, England Built in the 1960s, the school, located on Lambs Road (or, as it is known locally, Lambs Hill), has around 400 pupils, aged 4 to 11. Its head teacher is Rachel Legge, who succeeded H. M. Clough. Clough replaced Ian Todd who, after three-and-a-half years as head, took up a position at the University of Cumbria in January 2010. Mr. Todd's predecessor was Tony Ford, who retired in the summer of 2006 after twelve years in the role. One of the earlier and long-serving head teachers was Jean Fisher. Another was Mr. Evans, who was headmaster in the 1970s. The school comprises two separate prefabricated buildings. A smaller annex (infants) is attended by the foundation class and years 1 and 2. For year 3, the children move into the larger main building (juniors). The smaller building was mothballed in the early 1980s when school rolls dropped, but it was renovated and reopened around a decade later. The infants building also houses a preschool nursery originally called Stanah Sunflowers but which was then bought and renamed to Oak Tree Nursery. On the junior's building stands the school's distinctive chimney. Notable people The Krankies (pictured) visited Stanah for a summer fair in the early 1980s. Leslie Crowther also visited around the same time. Jazz musician Dan Forshaw attended the school from 1988 to 1992, and it was in the school wind band that he first picked up his instrument. The school has also been visited by multiple authors, including Hazel Townson and Dan Worsley. References Specific General "Stanah pupils help bin plastic". Blackpool Gazette. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2015. "STANAH GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH". Fleetwood Today. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2015. "Stanah school give lift to charity". Lancashire Telegraph. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2015. External links Stanah Community Primary School's official website Stanah's profile page at Ofsted
Stanborough Park

Stanborough Park, also referred to as Stanborough Lakes is a 126-acre (0.51 km2) park in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. The park features two lakes, which were opened in 1970. They were created by gravel extraction carried out at the time of the building of the A1(M) motorway The Boating Lake (the northern lake) at Stanborough is 11.3 acres (46,000 m2) in size. It is a shallow lake, under three feet in depth with several small islands. The boating lake is fed by water from the River Lea at its north end and from a spring. Excess water flows over a weir back into the river at the south end. Coarse fish such as carp are bred in the boating lake and fishing is banned here. Pedalos & Rowing boats are available to hire. Splashlands splash park is situated on the North side of the park, open Easter to September and free to use. The Kiosk by Splashlands also sells hot drinks, ice-creams, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, hot drinks, duck food and more. The Sailing Lake (the southern lake) is 15.3 acres (62,000 m2) in size. This lake has no islands but is deeper than the boating lake, more than six and a half feet deep in places. Unlike the Boating Lake the Sailing Lake is ground water fed. Before the lakes were built the River Lea used to flow through part of the Sailing Lake but it was re-directed to the west side. Many watersport activities take place here, including sailing, paddleboarding, kayaking and angling. At the south end of the park there is access to Stanborough Reedmarsh, a Local Nature Reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. References External links Official website
Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City

Stanborough School is a secondary academy school located in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated off Stanborough Road (A6129), near the A1(M), and across the road from the headquarters of Hertfordshire Constabulary, a golf driving range and the Gosling Sports Park. The East Coast Main Line is about 1 km away. It was founded by Richard Dickington during WW2 for evacuated children to get an education. It was originally a grammar school (1939-1968), then a comprehensive school (1968-2012), and in 2012 it became an academy. History Grammar school Stanborough School was founded as a selective grammar school in 1939. It had around 550 girls and boys in the 1960s. Comprehensive It became an all-ability comprehensive school in 1968. In the early 1980s it had around 900 boys and girls. Merger with Sir John Newsom School In September 1998, nearby Sir John Newsom School was merged with Stanborough School and its pupils transferred across to the Stanborough site. Academy status The school gained academy status in February 2012 with a specialism in maths and computing. The school is independent of local authority control and is legally a private company limited by guarantee registered at Companies House with registration number 07900439. Sixth Form Consortium Stanborough Sixth form is part of a wider consortium of many secondary schools in the area. Stanborough offers a range of subjects at A level on site. English, History, Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, Psychology are just a few examples. Other schools aligned with the sixth form consortium include: Monk's Walk School Ridgeway Academy Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Onslow St Audrey's School Academic performance Stanborough School often achieves GCSE results above the national average, with 51% of pupils achieving the equivalent of five or more GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths in 2012. Their A Level results are consistently one of the highest of maintained schools in Hertfordshire. Notable former pupils Welwyn Garden City Stanborough Grammar School Prof Roger Heath-Brown, Professor of Pure Mathematics since 1999 at the University of Oxford Alex Larke, musician and UK Eurovision Song Contest representative in 2015 Michael Peacock OBE, television executive, Controller of BBC1 from 1965–7, and chairman from 1989 to 1995 of UBC Media Group Prof Michael Talbot, James and Constance Alsop Professor of Music from 1986 to 2003 at the University of Liverpool Glyn Maxwell, poet Prof. Jonathan Gregory, Professor of Climate Change and Modelling at the University of Reading and the Met Office. Klaus Hasselmann, 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics References External links Official website
Stanchester Academy

Stanchester Academy, formerly Stanchester Community School, is an academy for children between the ages of 11 and 16 in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England. As of September 2021 it had 791 students. Transport Somerset County Council provides free transport for students in Years 7 – 11 to attend their catchment or nearest appropriate school and they live more than 3 miles shortest available walking distance from home to Stanchester Academy. This is run by the School Transport Department which organises the routes and contract buses. It is possible for other students to apply for a spare seat on a contract bus operated by Somerset School Transport. History The neo-Georgian main school building was completed in 1940. Stanchester Academy was originally a "Secondary Modern" School, becoming a "Comprehensive" School in 1974 as a result of the abandonment of Grammar School education in the Yeovil area, by then the Conservatives controlled Somerset County Council. In August 2011, the school became an academy. Notable alumni Adam Dance, businessman, politician and Minister of Parliament. References External links Official website
Stancombe Quarry

Stancombe Quarry is a quarry at Flax Bourton near Backwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. The quarry which is operated by Tarmac produces Carboniferous Limestone, which is mainly for use on the roads, after crushing on site. The site has an expected output of 28 million tonnes over a 25-year period. In 1999 the car park at the quarry was used as a test site for a porous asphalt pavement. In June 2010, an explosion involving a lorry injured two people in Stancombe Quarry. The A370 road was closed but opened the following day. References
Standen

Standen is an Arts and Crafts house located to the south of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The house and its surrounding gardens belong to the National Trust and are open to the public. It is a Grade I listed building. House Between 1891 and 1894 architect Philip Webb, who was a friend of William Morris, designed the house for a prosperous London solicitor, James Beale, his wife Margaret, and their family of seven children. The house is constructed in the Wealden vernacular style with sandstone quarried from the estate and locally made bricks and tiles. The interior is decorated with Morris carpets, fabrics and wallpapers, with furnishings also by Morris, and the garden complements the beauty of the house. From the start the house had electric power, originally generated by a donkey engine in a shed by the old barn. The house still has its original electric light fittings, designed by William Arthur Smith Benson. After Beale's death in 1912, Margaret Beale continued to live at Standen. When she died in 1936, their unmarried daughter, Margaret, succeeded her, and after her death in 1947, Standen came into the possession of Helen, their youngest daughter, also unmarried. On Helen's death in 1972 the house passed by bequest to the National Trust. Estate and garden The estate was formed from three farms which the Beales purchased in 1890. The Beales started planting a 12-acre (4.9 ha) garden almost immediately after they had purchased the land, using the site of an 18th-century garden and orchard. In early 1891 trees were planted, a yew hedge established and the kitchen garden begun. The Beales consulted a London landscape gardener, G.B. Simpson, who drew up a layout that assumed that the new house would be located on the line of the existing terrace. However, Webb suggested that it rather be placed further into the hillside. The proposed planting schemes were characterised by strict geometrical layouts of colourful flowerbeds and shrubs. Webb preferred something else, however: a mixture of natural styles combining old-fashioned formality and compartmentalised gardens. Webb also designed a number of elements in the garden. The resulting Arts and Crafts garden used local materials for its formal elements, and loose plantings amongst yew hedges, trellis and pergolas, emphasising natural colour schemes and subtle combinations of colour and foliage. Standen Wood The National Trust acquired Standen Wood, originally part of the larger estate at the property, in 2001. The wood had been owned and managed as a nature reserve since the 1970s and is a haven for birds. References External links Standen information at the National Trust Standen Garden - designers and history Standen House and Garden (YOSP)
Standen House

Standen House is an English country house located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Newport, Isle of Wight. The 18th-century house has a brick front and features seven-bay windows, a porch with Doric columns, and triglyph frieze. Made of brick, it is located at the base of Pan Down. Adjacent is the park of Gatcombe, which itself lies in a valley which includes the winding River Medina. Gatcombe House lies opposite Standen House, separated by the river and woods. Great East Standen Manor is nearby. References
Standish Community High School

Standish Community High School – known locally as Standish High – is a coeducational secondary school located in Standish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The school has approximately 1,250 students aged 11–16 in Key Stages 3 & 4 and has specialisms in Languages, Maths and Computing. The current headteacher is Mrs Lindsey Barker, who took over the position from Andrew Pollard in 2018. It teaches the following subjects to GCSE level: English, Maths, Science and Triple Science, Art, Photography, Music, Drama, Media, MFL (including French and Spanish), Technology, Physical Education, Religious Education, History, Geography, Computer Science and ICT. History The school was founded in 1978. In 1985, it faced the prospect of closure due to low student enrolment, although numbers later recovered. It began a major building and remodelling programme in 1989, and in 1992 opened up new facilities for science, art, and design technology. Standish Community High School has been a Language College since 1996. It has a replica continental high street in the Languages department, complete with shops, stalls, and a bank, which can be used for teaching and learning or booked out by other schools and colleges. By the turn of the millennium it was oversubscribed and had been described as "very effective". Formerly a community school administered by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Standish Community High School converted to academy status in December 2017. The school is now sponsored by the Mosaic Learning Trust, a multi-academy trust operating in partnership with Southlands High School and Golborne Community Primary School after plans were approved by the Department for Education. The school is known in the region for its consistently good grades, achieving 79% in grades 9–4 in Maths and English in 2024. The school is also very well known in the Wigan Borough due to outstanding Ofsted reports which describe the school as "a good school", with some "outstanding" features such as safeguarding. Sport Standish Community High School has many successful sports teams such as: football, rugby, badminton, table tennis, netball and basketball. In 2022, the Year 8 rugby league team earned Team of the Year at the Believe Sports Awards in Wigan, this was after an unbeaten season where they also won the National School Champions on as well as winning the North West Schoolboys Trophy and the Wigan Schools Cup. The Year 10 team also won the National Schools Championship in 2024, having also won the treble of Wigan and North West championships. In the 2024/25 academic year, the school was awarded the School Games Gold Mark, awarded in honour of excellent participation rates and high-quality output within competitive activities. Standish ranks as 105th nationally in the Top Sports Schools of 2024. Headteachers Mrs Lindsey Barker (2018–) Mr Andrew Pollard (2014–2018) Mrs Lynne Fox (2010–2014) Mr Hugh Crossan (2005–2010) Mr Geoff Ashton (1984–2005) Mr Martin Buttler (1978–1984) References External links
Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

Stanford Hall is a stately home in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Stanford on Avon (which is in Northamptonshire) and the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The population of any residents in the area is included in the civil parish of Misterton with Walcote. History Ancestral home of the Cave family from c. 1430, the hall was built in the 1690s for Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet. Described by Simon Jenkins as the "perfect William and Mary house", the architect was William Smith of Warwick. In 1792 Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave Bt, inherited the Cave estate on the death of her nephew Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet. She had married Henry Otway in 1790 and was created Baroness Braye in 1839. Her descendants remain in residence. (Henry Otway was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1804). The River Avon flows through the grounds, with a weir downstream, so a small lake is formed. The aviation pioneer Percy Pilcher built some of his early gliders here in the 1890s; he also built a powered flying machine here that many historians believe was capable of flight, but he was killed nearby in an accident in 1899 before he could try it. An exact replica of Pilcher's "The Hawk" glider is exhibited at the hall. During World War II the nuns and pupils from the Sacred Heart Convent and School in Roehampton, London, were evacuated to the Hall. Their premises were so badly damaged that when war ended they had to relocate to Woldingham School near London. From 1947 until 1949 it was the country branch of St. Mary's Town and Country School. By that time the roof was uncared for and in serious need of repair, but the Historic Buildings Council recommended a large grant for restoration and the hall was opened to the public in 1958. Attractions Today the hall is a tourist attraction open to the public on limited days in the year. Among the attractions are guided tours of the hall and its grounds, a forge, a beautiful rose garden, a shop and tea rooms. The house has a significant collection of antique furnishings; for example, the hall has one room with original 17th-century furnishings including a refectory table and set of Charles II chairs. The grounds of the hall are used for concerts and classic car shows, including the Wartburg/Trabant/IFA Club Rally and since 1983 has hosted the annual National Mini Day for owners of Mini cars. The grounds hosted the first Stanford Hall Half Marathon and 10k running race in March 2014. Since 2003 Stanford Hall has been host to Firework Champions – the UK's leading firework competition. Some of the parkland is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest called Stanford Park due to the diversity of lichen species on the trees. Line notes External links Stanford Hall's official website Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland, 1960 edition.
Stanfords

Stanfords is a specialist bookshop of maps and travel books in London, established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. Its collection of maps, globes, and maritime charts is considered the world's largest. It has also supplied cartography for the British Army and for James Bond films. History At the time of the shop's opening, it was the only mapmaker in London, with John Bolton as an in-house cartographer. Stanfords opened at the height of global exploration and colonialism, hence, cartographic works were in great demand. The shop quickly expanded to 7 and 8 Charing Cross whilst acquiring premises on Trinity Place for printing works. The store on Long Acre in Covent Garden, central London, was the location of the company's printing business before the entire operation moved there in January 1901. Stanfords was hit by an incendiary bomb on the night of 15 April 1941 and it only survived due to the thousands of Ordnance Survey maps tightly stacked on the shop's upper floors, which kept the fire from spreading. In 1997 a second store opened in Bristol. The company also operates a division based in Manchester, providing mapping for business purposes such as large scale maps for planning applications. The bookshop in Spring Gardens was in business from 2003 to 2013. For the shop's 150th anniversary in 2003 a National Geographic world map in vinyl, costing £40,000, was laid onto the ground floor, with maps of the Himalaya and London on the other floors. In 2015 the company took over sponsorship of the annual Dolman Travel Book Award, renaming it the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. In 2018 Stanfords opened a new location at 7 Mercer Walk in Covent Garden; the Long Acre site closed in January 2019. The shop closed in March 2020 because of loss of business from restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but funds received from a crowdfunding appeal enabled it to reopen in 2021. On 31 January 2022 the company acquired the Bookharbour business from OneOcean, to expand its range of charts and navigation products. Notable clients Customers past and present include David Livingstone, Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Florence Nightingale, Ranulph Fiennes, Bill Bryson and Michael Palin. Stanfords also provided the charts for Amy Johnson's solo flight to Australia. In fiction In Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes orders from Stanfords (named Stamfords in the story) a large-scale Ordnance Survey map of a suspected crime-scene on Dartmoor. See also Book trade in the United Kingdom References External links Stanfords Bookshop Official site Stanfords For Business Official site Bookharbour Official site
Stanfords

Stanfords — специализированный книжный магазин карт и книг о путешествиях в Лондоне, основанный в 1853 году Эдвардом Стэнфордом. Коллекция карт, глобусов и морских карт Stanfords считается крупнейшей в мире. Магазин также поставлял картографию для британской армии и для фильмов о Джеймсе Бонде. История На момент открытия магазина это был единственный картографический магазин в Лондоне, штатным картографом которого был Джон Болтон. Stanfords открылся в разгар глобальных исследований и колониализма, поэтому картографические работы пользовались большим спросом. Магазин быстро расширился до 7 и 8 Чаринг-Кросс, а также приобрёл помещение на Тринити-плейс для типографии. Магазин на Лонг-Акр в Ковент-Гарден, в центре Лондона, был местом расположения типографии компании до того, как в январе 1901 года туда было перенесено всё производство. В ночь на 15 апреля 1941 года в Stanfords попала зажигательная бомба, и магазин уцелел только благодаря тысячам карт артиллерийской службы, плотно сложенных на верхних этажах, которые помешали распространению огня. К 150-летнему юбилею магазина на первом этаже была установлена карта мира National Geographic, а на других этажах — карта Гималаев и Лондона стоимостью 40 000 фунтов стерлингов. В 1997 году открылся второй магазин в Бристоле. У компании также есть подразделение в Манчестере, которое занимается составлением карт для бизнес-целей, таких как крупномасштабные карты для приложений планирования. В 2018 году Stanfords открыл новый магазин по адресу Меркер-Уолк, 7 в Ковент-Гарден; в январе 2019 года магазин на Лонг-Акр был закрыт. В 2015 году компания учредила ежегодную премию Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, чтобы отмечать, награждать и поддерживать жанр путеводителей и объединять сообщество писателей-путешественников. 31 января 2022 года компания приобрела бизнес Bookharbour у OneOcean. Известные клиенты Stanfords славится своей обширной коллекцией карт, чтобы быть «важным первым портом захода как для приключений, так и для путешественников в кресле». Среди клиентов в прошлом и настоящем Дэвид Ливингстон, Роберт Скотт, Эрнест Шеклтон, Флоренс Найтингейл, Ранульф Файнс, Билл Брайсон и Майкл Пэйлин, Габриэле Фиокки. Stanfords также предоставили карты для одиночного перелёта Эми Джонсон в Австралию. В художественной литературе Шерлок Холмс отправился в Stanfords, чтобы купить карту Дартмура в повести Конан Дойла «Собака Баскервилей». Примечания Ссылки Stanfords Bookshop Official site Stanfords For Business Official site Bookharbour Official site