Stibbard (All Saints)
STIBBARD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Walsingham, hundred of Gallow, W. division of
Norfolk, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Fakenham; containing 453 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 1468
acres, of which 1200 are arable, 50 woodland, and the
remainder meadow and pasture; the surface is boldly
undulated. The village is situated on the road from
Fakenham to "Wells, and is large, and irregularly built,
consisting of widely-scattered houses. The living is a
discharged rectory, annexed to that of Colkerk, and
valued in the king's books at £11. 13. 4.: the glebe
contains 23a. 2r. 34p. The church is chiefly in the decorated and later styles, with a square tower. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyans. At the inclosure in
1808, 23½ acres were allotted to the poor.
Stibbington (St. John the Baptist)
STIBBINGTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish,
in the union of Stamford, hundred of Norman-Cross,
county of Huntingdon, 1 mile (E. by S.) from Wansford; containing, with Sibson hamlet, 697 inhabitants.
The parish is situated on the navigable river Nene, and
on the great north road; and comprises good arable and
pasture land, incumbent on a layer of gravel. There are
numerous quarries, supplying a coarse but durable freestone which is used for building; and about 50 hands
are employed at a paper-mill. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £7. 13. 6½.; net income,
£431; patron, the Duke of Bedford: the tithes were
commuted for land and a money payment in 1807.
The church is in the Norman style. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyans.
Stickford (St. Helen)
STICKFORD (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of
Spilsby, W. division of the soke of Bolingbroke,
parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5½ miles (S. W.)
from Spilsby; containing 426 inhabitants. It is situated
on the road from Spilsby to Boston, and comprises by
computation 800 acres. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 3. 6.; net
income, £133; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of
Lincoln. The tithes were commuted for land, at the
inclosure of the East fen. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyans.
Stickney (St. Luke)
STICKNEY (St. Luke), a parish, in the union of
Spilsby, W. division of the soke of Bolingbroke, parts
of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 9 miles (N.) from Boston; containing 895 inhabitants. It is situated on the
road from Boston to Spilsby, and comprises 2000 acres,
of which about 1200 are pasture, and the remainder
arable. Some parts command an extensive prospect of
a rich and well-wooded tract of country, intersected with
fen-drains supplying facilities of communication with
Boston. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £13. 11.3.; net income, £356; patron, the
Rev. George Coltman. The tithes have been commuted,
partly for fen land, and partly for corn-rents; there is
a glebe-house, and the glebe altogether contains about
180 acres. The church is a handsome edifice in the
later English style, and contains about 450 sittings.
Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a school,
founded and endowed by William Lovell in 1678.
Francis Thurkell in 1811 left £29 per annum, which,
with other bequests amounting to £14 per annum, are
distributed among the poor.
Stidd, or Stede, Lancashire.—See Dutton.
STIDD, or Stede, Lancashire.—See Dutton.
Stiffkey (St. John)
STIFFKEY (St. John), a parish, in the union of
Walsingham, hundred of North Greenhoe, W. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (E.) from Wells; containing
487 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the north
by the sea, and comprises 2227a. 1r. 31p., of which
about 1263 acres are arable, 264 pasture and meadow,
589 in salt-marshes, and 78 woodland. The village is
beautifully situated in a deep and romantic valley, on the
banks of the Stiff key, a rapid stream which discharges
itself into Blakeney harbour, about a mile and a half to
the north-east. The living comprises the united rectories of St. John and St. Mary, with the rectory of
Morston annexed, valued in the king's books at £25,
and in the gift of the family of Townshend. The church
of St. John is chiefly in the later English style, with a
square embattled tower, and has a handsome monument
on the north side of the chancel to Nathaniel Bacon:
St. Mary's church has gone to decay. A portion of the
old Hall, which has been in a state of dilapidation for
some years, is now used as a farm-house; it was built
by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knt., lord keeper of the great
seal.
Stifford (St. Mary)
STIFFORD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Orsett, hundred of Chafford, S. division of Essex,
10 miles (S. E.) from Romford; containing 402 inhabitants. The parish is on the Horndon road, and takes
its name from a ford over a stream that flows into the
river Thames; it comprises 1547a. 3r. 9p., of which
about 1271 acres are arable, 241 pasture, and 35 woodland. Extensive chalk pits have been worked for the
last two centuries. The village is pleasantly situated,
and has many well-built houses. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £15, and in the gift of R.
Wingfield, Esq. and the Embroiderers' Company in
fee: the tithes have been commuted for £450, and the
glebe comprises 26 acres. The church is a neat structure of the time of Edward I., with a spire; it contains
an altar-tomb to David Percy with a Norman inscription in Saxon characters, and the effigy of a monk in
brass with an inscription in Latin to Randulph Peachey,
formerly rector of the parish.
Stillingfleet (St. Helen)
STILLINGFLEET (St. Helen), a parish, in the
union of York, partly in the E. division of Ainsty
wapentake, W. riding, but chiefly in the wapentake of
Ouse and Derwent, E. riding of York; including the
townships of Acaster-Selby and Kelfield, and containing
921 inhabitants, of whom 418 are in the township of
Stillingfleet with Moreby, 7½ miles (S. by W.) from
York. The parish consists of 5820 acres by computation. The village, which is scattered, lies in the vale of
a small rivulet, one mile east of the Ouse. The living is
a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£9. 7. 6.; net income, £412; patrons, the Dean and
Chapter of York, who, as trustees of St. Mary's school,
are impropriators. The church is an ancient structure
with some portions in the Norman style, and attached
to it is a chapel containing a cross-legged figure in
armour, of one of the family of Moreby. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyans; also a school partly
supported by subscription.—See Moreby.
Stillington
STILLINGTON, a township, in the parish of RedMarshall, union of Sedgefield, S. W. division of
Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham,
8 miles (N. W. by W.) from Stockton; containing 67
inhabitants. Merton College, Oxford, had lands here
at a very early date, as in 1367 William de la Pole held
some property in Stilyngton, of the master of the college,
by the service of one rose; in the 17th century the
Morpeths possessed some interest in the place. The
township lies to the north-west of Red-Marshall, from
which it is separated by a portion of Bishopton; it comprises by measurement 1087 acres, of which 824 are
arable, 259 pasture, and 4 road and waste. The main
line of the Clarence railway passes through the township,
and the Durham branch strikes off here. Tithe rentcharges have been awarded, of which £65 are payable
to the rector, and £56. 6. 8. to Christ's Hospital,
Sherburn.
Stillington (St. Nicholas)
STILLINGTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
union of Easingwould, wapentake of Bulmer, N.
riding of York, 10 miles (N.) from York; containing
748 inhabitants. This parish, the surface of which is
rather elevated, consists of 2013a. 1r. 24p., and is
watered on the east by the Foss. Stillington Park, the
seat of Col. Croft, is a beautiful residence, standing on
high ground near the right bank of the river. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the
Dean and Chapter of York, valued in the king's books
at £4. 15. 5.; net income, £120; impropriator, Col.
Croft. The great tithes have been commuted for £5. 14.,
and the vicarial for £41; the glebe comprises 8½ acres,
with a good house. The present church, which is in the
early English style, with a square tower, was built in
1841, at a cost of £800, and is conveniently situated in
the centre of the pleasing and rural village. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyans; also a national and
an infants' school. The celebrated Laurence Sterne
held this living, and resided at Sutton in the neighbourhood.
Stilton (St. Mary)
STILTON (St. Mary), a parish, and formerly a
market-town, in the union of Peterborough, hundred
of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, 12½ miles
(N. N. W.) from Huntingdon; containing 817 inhabitants. This place takes its name, according to Stukeley,
from Stivecle, signifying "stiff clay;" and is situated
upon the Roman Ermin-street. It gives name to the
famous cheese so called, great quantities of which are
sold here, though it is made in Leicestershire, twenty
miles distant. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £11. 5. 10.; net income, £355; patron,
the Bishop of Lincoln: the tithes were commuted for
land and a money payment in 1805. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyans. A quarter of a mile from the
village is a fine spring, at one period celebrated for the
cure of ulcerated legs, a property which it is said to have
lost. To the south-east are the remains of an ancient
circular encampment.
Stinchcombe (St. Cyril)
STINCHCOMBE (St. Cyril), a parish, in the union
of Dursley, Upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles
(W. by N.) from Dursley; containing 393 inhabitants.
The parish embraces a portion of the Cotswold hills, and
consists of 1393 acres, of which 55 are common or waste
land. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income,
£65; patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol; impropriators, P. B. Purnell, Esq., and others, whose tithes
have been commuted for £240.
Stinsford (St. Michael)
STINSFORD (St. Michael), a parish, in the union
of Dorchester, hundred of George, Dorchester division of Dorset, 1¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Dorchester;
containing 392 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £12. 17. 1.; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Ilchester. The great tithes have
been commuted for £ 115, and the vicarial for £190; there
is a glebe-house, and the glebe comprises an acre. In the
chancel of the church is a stone recording the death of
Wadham Strangeways, at Bridport, whilst opposing the
rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth. Here are some
remarkable circular sand-pits.
Stirchley (St. James)
STIRCHLEY (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Madeley, Wellington division of the hundred of South
Bradford, N. division of Salop, 3 miles (W. by S.)
from Shiffuall; containing 301 inhabitants. It comprises 829 acres, of which 39 are common or waste
land. The Shropshire canal passes through. The living
is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£6. 5. 10., and in the gift of Revel Phillips, Esq., and
others: the tithes have been commuted for £190, and
the glebe contains 45½ acres.
Stirton
STIRTON, with Thorlby, a township, in the parish
of Kildwick, union of Skipton, E. division of the
wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of
York, 1¼ mile (N. W.) from Skipton; containing, with
the hamlet of Holme-Bridge, 132 inhabitants. The
township contains by computation 3850 acres, most of
which is in pasture. The two villages of Stirton and
Thorlby lie on the road from Skipton to Gargrave, and
nearly adjoin each other. The impropriate tithes have
been commuted for £14,payable to the Dean and Chapter
of Christ-Church, Oxford.
Stisted (All Saints)
STISTED (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Braintree, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of
Essex, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Braintree; containing
911 inhabitants. This parish is bounded by the river
Blackwater, and exhibits much variety of surface and
scenery, it comprises 2913a. 2r. 31p., of which about 2224
acres are arable, 337 pasture, and 288 wood. There
are several stately mansions, and the village is beautifully
situated on ground sloping gently to the river. The
living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, valued in the king's books at £22: the
tithes have been commuted for £750, and the glebe
comprises 154 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the Norman style, with a tower on the south
side surmounted by a shingled spire, and contains some
interesting monuments.
Stithians (St. Stedian)
STITHIANS (St. Stedian), a parish, in the union
of Redruth, E. division of the hundred of Kerrier,
W. division of Cornwall, 9 miles (S. W.) from Truro;
containing 2530 inhabitants. This parish, which includes a part of the village of Ponsnooth, comprises by
computation 3445 acres, whereof 2591 are arable and
pasture, 59 wood, 693 furze, and 102 moor and waste;
the surface is hilly, and the soil underlaid with granite.
In Kennall Vale and in Cofawes Wood are mills for
making gunpowder, which is chiefly used in the mines;
and above the Kennall mills is a paper-mill. A cattlefair for stock is held on the Monday nearest to the 13th
of July. The living is a vicarage, with that of PerranArworthal annexed, valued in the king's books at
£14. 0. 10., and in the gift of the Earl of Falmouth: the
great tithes have been commuted for £255. 7., and the
vicarial for £322; there is a glebe-house, and the glebe
contains 50 acres. The church, which is 390 feet above
the level of the sea, has a handsome embattled tower
crowned with pinnacles. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyans. The parish contains various ancient crosses
enriched with sculpture; and in Cofawes Wood was
formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.
Stittenham
STITTENHAM, a township, in the parish of Sheriff. Hutton, union of Malton, wapentake of Bulmer,
N. riding of York, 8¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Malton;
containing 92 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1340 acres. The family of Gower, ancestors of the
Duke of Sutherland, who is proprietor of the soil, were
anciently seated here.
Stivichall (St. James)
STIVICHALL (St. James), a parish, in the union
and N. division of the county, of Warwick, 1¾ mile (S.
by W.) from Coventry; containing 99 inhabitants, and
comprising 724 acres of a highly productive soil. The
living is a perpetual curacy; net income £90; patron
and impropriator, A. F. Gregory, Esq. The church was
originally dependent on St. Michael's, Coventry; the
present edifice was built by the Gregory family.
Stixwould (St. Peter)
STIXWOULD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union
of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6¾ miles
(W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing 203 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £7. 10.; net income, £70; patron and impropriator, C. Tumor, Esq. A convent of Cistercian nuns,
in honour of the Blessed Virgin, was founded here in
the reign of Stephen, by the Countess Lucy, relict of
Ranulph, first earl of Chester; at the Dissolution it
possessed a revenue of £163. 1. 2. Part of the porter's
lodge is still remaining, as the out-building to a modern
farmhouse. The manor belonged to Lord Anson, the
circumnavigator.