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{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}
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|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.8817|0.8173|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Stanway
|population =
|population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128996&c=CO3+8LR&d=16&e=62&g=6424241&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443519501562&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref>
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|shire_county = [[Essex]]
|region= East of England
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|dial_code= 01206
|os_grid_reference= TL940241
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'''Stanway''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Essex]], England near [[
Stanway is
Stanway
The £4.3m [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the
There are five schools – three primary schools,Lexden Springs School and The Stanway School which has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". Four of the five schools are close together, on adjacent roads with the third primary behind the Tollgate shopping centre.
A shopping district comprising The Tollgate Centre and Stane Park occupies an area close to the A12, these centres are home to national retailers such as B&Q, Sainsbury's, Homebase, Next and Marks and Spencer (having closed its city centre store in 2022). Further shops and businesses such as the Co-op, Halfords and Hatfields occupy the Peartree road area,
==Governance==
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] with the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 8,283.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/stanway-e05004141#sthash.lPjyQzuU.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref>
==Parish church==
[[File:Parish Church of St Albright 3.JPG|thumb|left|The ancient parish church of St Albright, Stanway]]
In the early [[England in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] Stanway had two churches; All Saints' next to Stanway Hall, and St Albright's in Little Stanway on the London Road (now the B1408). All Saints' church, first recorded in about 1260, had fallen out of use during the 16th century,<ref name ="StanwayChurches">'Stanway: Churches', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (2001), pp. 270-273. Accessed through the [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/pp270-273 online version].</ref> but was repaired and the [[chancel]] and north aisle were demolished in about 1605 by Sir John Swinterton, when it became the private chapel to Stanway Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-421081-church-of-all-saints-stanway-essex#.VjOrgdLhCUk |title=Church of All Saints, Stanway |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=30 October 2015 |quote=}}</ref> In the early 18th century the church was said to be "utterly decayed" and remains a ruin.<ref name ="StanwayChurches"/>
The current [[Church of England parish church]] is dedicated to Saint Albright, who is generally identified with [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia|Saint Ethelbert the King]], a king of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdom of [[East Anglia]], who was killed in 794 AD.<ref>Buckler, George (1856) [https://books.google.com/books?id=CtsHAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Saint+Albright%22&pg=PA242 ''Twenty-Two Of The Churches Of Essex: Architecturally Described And Illustrated''], Bell and Daldy, London (p. 242)</ref> It was in existence in the late 11th century and was a parish church soon afterwards but was referred to as a chapel in later documents.<ref name ="StanwayChurches"/> The oldest parts of the present building date from the 12th century and incorporate Roman bricks in the heads of some of the windows. A new chancel was added in 1880 when the church was restored by [[George Gilbert Scott]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-421080-parish-church-of-st-albright-stanway-ess#.VjO2udLhCUk |title=Parish Church of St Albright, Stanway |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=30 October 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
==Druid of Colchester==
In 1996,
==Sport and leisure==
Stanway has a [[
==References==
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