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Mentioned as a hamlet in the Domesday Book of AD 1086, Stanwell is named after St Anne's Well. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was like a census by the government today. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ...

In 1603, Lord Knyvett was granted the manor of Stanwell. Lord Knyvett was the man who arrested Guy Fawkes in his attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Stanwell's 14th century St Mary's church contains monuments to Lord and Lady Knyvett. Events March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason. ... Sir Thomas Knevytt (later Lord Knyvett or sometimes Knevett) was the man who arrested Guy Fawkes in his attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. ... Guy Fawkes Guido Fawkes (April 13, 1570—January 31, 1606), most commonly called Guy Fawkes and sometimes rendered as Faukes, who also used the pseudonym John Johnson, was a member of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to assassinate King James I and all the members of both... This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ...

In 1838, an unknown species of rose was found in a local garden and given the name of Stanwell Perpetual. 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Species About 100, see text A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. ...

After the Second World War, large scale housing society and council house building began, mostly to house airport workers. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The council house is a form of public housing found in the United Kingdom. ...

Stanwell is in the traditional county of Middlesex, but was moved to the administrative county of Surrey in 1965. Middlesex as a traditional county before 1888. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

See also

• Stanwell Park, New South Wales