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 sessional division of Wellingborough, union and county court district of Thrapston, rural deanery of Higham Ferrers (first portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough.  The village is lighted with gas from Raunds.  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 a beautiful octangular broach spire, rising to a height of 156 feet and containing a clock and 3 bells: 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 by Mr. and Mrs. William Havens Pope, of this parish, the sacrarium repaved and other improvements effected, 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.  The register dates from the year 1558.  The living is a rectory, net yearly value £391, including 320 acres of land, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1882 by the Rev. James Tillard Bonner B.A., S.C.L. of New College, Oxford.  There are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels.  Needham’s charity of £3 yearly derived from 1A. OR. 7P of land left by the Rev. Peter Needham, is for poor housekeepers not receiving parish relief.  The church land produces about £21 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 Cumberland, successively bishop of Clonfert and Kilmore, he died 7 May, 1811, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.  Stanwick House, the seat of Spencer Pratt esq J.P. is a pleasant mansion standing on an acclivity a little to the west of the church and commanding extensive views.  Spencer Pratt esq. J.P. who is lord of the manor, Lord Wantage V.C., K.C.B. George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam esq. J.P. of Milton House, John Knighton Nichols esq. Of Raunds, John Rogers Crawley 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 si 2,000 acres; rateable value, £3,242; the population in 1891 was 714.

Parish Clerk, Joseph Foskett, sen.

POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. - Samuel Pettit, sub-postmaster.  Letters arrive through Higham Ferrers R.S.O. at 7.30 a.m. & 12 noon; dispatched at 10 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.  Arrive on Sundays at 7.30 a.m.; no dispatch.  The nearest telegraph office is at Raunds.

Police Station, William Todd, constable

A School Board of 5 members was formed Aug. 26, 1875; E. J. Whitney, Raunds, clerk to the board, attendance officer & inquiry officer.

Board School (mixed), built in 1875, at a cost of £600, for 138 children; average attendance, 120; Albert Smith, master; Mrs. Ellen Smith, assistant mistress.

CARRIERS:-

Nunley, from Raunds through to Wellingborough, Wed. & Fri.

Sawford, from Ringstead through to Wellingborough, Wed.