… old church of St. James and the manor-house of Stanstead Bury lie on high ground at some distance to the south-east of … gules. MANORS Stanstead, later Stanstead Abbots, Stanstead Bury The manor of STANSTEAD, called later STANSTEAD ABBOTS, STANSTEAD BURY, and sometimes STANSTEAD BAESH, was held in 1086 as 17 …