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Brief History of the Village from Kelly's Directory 1910
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STANWICK is a village and parish, pleasantly seated on an acclivity near the Nene, 1½ miles north-east from Higham Ferrers station on the Northampton and Peterborough section of the London and North Western railway and 7 north from Wellingborough, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Higham Ferrers, petty sessions division of Wellingborough union and county court district of Thrapston rural deanery of Hicham Ferrers (first portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. The village is lighted with gas from Raunds. Sewage works were constructed during 1903 and 1904. The church of St. Lawrence is an edifice of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, vestry and a western tower, with beautiful octangular broach spire, rising to a height of 156 feet and containing a clock and 3 bells: the stained east window is a memorial to the wife of Spencer Pratt esq. Late of Stanwick House: at the west end are two small stained windows, and in the south aisle is a memorial window, placed in 1884, by Col. Clöeté, to his wife: in 1884 a reredos of marble was erected, at a total cost of about £150: the interior was restored in the year 1856, under the direction of Messrs Law and Son, of Northampton, at a cost of £1,300: in 1890 a new organ was provided at a cost of £340, and in 1896 the roof was restored and other repairs made at a cost of ,£200. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £300, including 320 acres of land, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1904 by the Rev. Henry William Richards M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. There are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels. Needham's charity of £2 yearly, derived from 1a. 0r. 7p. of land left by the Rev. Peter Needham, is for poor house-keepers not receiving parish relief. The church land produces about £10 yearly. Stanwick pastures is a favourite meet for the Fitzwilliam hounds. Richard Cumberland the dramatist, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and some time secretary of the Board of Trade, was born here 19 Feb. 1732, being the son of the Rt. Rev. Denison Dumberland, successively Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmore; he died 7 May 1811, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Stanwick House, now occupied by James Adams esq. Is a pleasant mansion standing on an acclivity a little to the west of the church and commanding extensive views. Lady Wantage, of Lockinge Park, Berks, George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam esq. Of Milton House, John Rogers Crawley esq., ]. Baxter esq. and Cecil Algernon Salisbury Wetenhall esq. and the rector are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed; subsoil, limestone and clay; there is also a little ironstone in the parish. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, peas, oats and potatoes. The area is 2,015 acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value, £3,700; the population in 1901 was 901.
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Services
Parish Clerk, William Hillson.
Post, M. 0. & T. Office—Samuel Pettit, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through Wellingborough at 6.5 & 10.35 a.m. & 6.20 p.m.; dispatched at 9.35 a.m. & 5 & 8.15 p.m.; arrive on Sundays at 7.5 a.m.; no dispatch.
Police Station, Thomas Willett, constable.
Public Elementary Schools.
Mixed, built in 1875, at a cost of £600, for 138 children; average attendance, 112; George French, master; Miss R. Bull, assistant mistress.
Infants', built in 1899, at a cost of £1,100, for 108 children; average attendance, 75; Mrs. Mary French, mistress.
Carriers—Peck, from Raunds through to Wellingboro', wed. & fri.; Amos Weekly, from Ringstead through to Wellingborough, wed.
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| Private Residents |
| Adams James, Stanwick house |
| Baxter Mrs |
| Blackwell Thomas, Ivy cottage |
| Blackwell William James, Stanwick hall |
| Brawn Mrs |
| Brown Mrs. John C |
| Fawcett Col. Wm. Fras., Beulah cottage |
| Mackenzie Mrs |
| Richards Rev. Hy. Wm. M.A., Rectory |
| Tailby Miss, The Limes |
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Wetenhall Cecil Algernon Salisbury
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| Commercial |
| Adams Frank, grocer |
| Betts Arthur, coal merchant |
| Betts Henry, baker |
| Blackwell Wm. Jas. farmer, Hall farm |
| Bland John Herbert, heel manufacturer |
| Brown Alfred, farmer |
| Bugby Dinah (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
| Burton Robinson, farmer, Grange farm |
| Chapman Samuel, blacksmith |
| Clark Sidney, baker |
| Clark Thomas, gardener |
| Distributive Co-operative Society Ltd |
| Essam Joseph, Duke of Wellington P.H. |
| Hardwick Ben T, grocer |
| Hollands Henry John, miller (water), Stanwick mill |
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| Commercial |
| Knowles Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer |
| Lovell William H, farmer, Manor ho |
| Marchant Annie Ellen (Miss), dressmaker |
| Marchant Arthur J, tailor |
| Morris George, mason |
| Neal John, florist |
| Nicholls Frederick, carter |
| Pettit Samuel, grocer & draper, Post office |
| Popham Arthur, beer retailer |
| Popham Sidney, carpenter & joiner |
| Reading Room (John T. Freeman. sec) |
| Shelton John Thomas, butcher & grocer |
| Willmott John Herbert, shopkeeper |
| Working Men's Club (Chas. Neal.sec) |
| Wrighton Harry, farmer |
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Duke of Wellington Public House in 2010
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