The village green in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, UK

Stanford in the Vale is a large village with approximately 2,000 residents situated in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It lies on the A417 road, four miles from Faringdon and six from Wantage. It has two churches, one primary school, two pubs, shops and businesses, as well as numerous clubs and societies. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x616, 143 KB)Stanford in the Vale village green, taken by Dan Huby 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x616, 143 KB)Stanford in the Vale village green, taken by Dan Huby 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The A417 is a main road in England. ... Map sources for Faringdon at grid reference SU2895 Faringdon is a town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Wantage at grid reference SU4087 Wantage is a small town in Oxfordshire, England. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

Stanford in the Vale takes its name from the ancient crossing of the River Ock. In Saxon times, the crossing was known as "stony ford". It is often assumed this ford was where the bridge now spans the river before Stanford Mill, however others speculate it was actually a crossing of Frogmore Brook. A map showing the general locations of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms The Anglo-Saxons were originally a collection of differing Germanic tribes from Angeln—a peninsula in the southern part of Schleswig, protruding into the Baltic Sea, and what is now Lower Saxony, in the north-west coast of... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...

Stanford in the Vale featured on national UK news in August 2005 because of a serious fire affecting a row of thatched cottages on the village green. [1] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. ... Thatching is the art or craft of covering a roof with vegetative materials such as straw, reed or sedge. ...

The poet Pam Ayres was born in the village. Pam Ayres (born March 14, 1947) is a British writer of humorous poetry. ...

External links

• Stanford in the Vale - community website