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Stanghow

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Lockwood

Unitary authority

Redcar and Cleveland

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

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List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°31′52″N 0°57′36″W / 54.531°N 0.960°W / 54.531; -0.960

Stanghow is a village in the civil parish of Lockwood, in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

It has won Britain in Bloom twice, in 2010 and 2012.

Education statistics

These is for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Stanghow and are from the UK Census of 2011. Stanghow has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below than the national average.

History

The place name Stanghow is thought to derive from the Old Norse meaning Stong-how meaning pole hill. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name.^[1]

Stanghow was formerly a township in the parish of Skelton near Redcar,^[2] in 1866 Stanghow became a separate civil parish,^[3] on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.^[4] In 1951 the parish had a population of 1015.^[5]

References

^ Yorkshire Place-Name Meanings
^ "History of Stanghow, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Relationships and changes Stanghow Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Cleveland Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Population statistics Stanghow Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2024.