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'''Stanway''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Essex]], [[England]] located near [[Colchester]] and within [[Borough of Colchester|Colchester Borough]]. It'Stanway' is nowan widelyAnglo-Saxon referredname tofor asthe a'stone way' of the Roman road, now the [[suburbA12 road (England)|A12]].

Stanway is approximatelyabout three miles{{convert|3|mi|0}} west of Colchester towncity centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] and the [[A1124 road|A1124]] at [[Eight Ash Green]]. [[Colchester Zoo]], [[The Stanway School]], Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. [[Graham Coxon]] and [[Damon Albarn]], founder members of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], met at the local school, [[The Stanway School]].

Stanway wasis namedmentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086.<ref>'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63. Accessed through the [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15273 online version].</ref>

The £4.3m [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the LivePrincess andCharlotte Let(the Livefirst onpub Millersin Lanethe UK to be named after [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]]) and the Swan on London Road, and Live and Let Live on Millers Lane.

There are threefive schools in– Stanway: twothree primary schools,Lexden and [[The StanwaySprings School]]. and The Stanway School which has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". All threeFour of the five schools are close together, on adjacent roads with the third primary behind the Tollgate shopping centre.

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>

In the early [[MedievalEngland periodin 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 the 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=http://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.co.ukcom/books?id=CtsHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA242&dq=%22Saint+Albright%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Saint%20Albright%22&f=falsePA242 ''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=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/ |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=30 October 2015 |quote=}}</ref>

In 1996, prior tobefore the expansion of the Stanway Sandsand &and Gravelgravel quarry, an archaeological team was called in to investigate the outline of five ancient ditched enclosures identified by aerial photography. There, just off the [[A12 road (England)|A12 to Colchester]], they discovered the grave of the "[[Druid of Colchester]]".<ref>''Games Britannia - – 1. Dicing with Destiny'', [[BBC Four]], 1:05am Tuesday 8 December 2009</ref>

Stanway has a [[Nonnon-League football]] club [[Stanway Rovers F.C.]] who play at New Farm Road.