It is thought that there has been a settlement at Stanwick at least since the beginning of the Iron Age (~5BC). Several Iron-Age coins have been discovered in and near Stanwick and Stanwick is known to have had a Roman villa.
In the 10th Century, Stanwick was known as "Stan Wigga" and in the Domesday Book (circa 1086), Stanwick is referred to as "Stanwige" or "Stanwica". Later it was mentioned in the 1137 Anglo Saxon Chronicle as "Stanwigga". It is generally believed that the name approximately means stone dwellings, stone farm or stone village. In 1086 the manor of Stanwick was held by Peterborough Abbey but by 1284 there appear to have been two manors.
St Laurence Church was built circa 1224, on the site of an earlier church, of which virtually nothing remains. It dominates the local landscape and its octagonal tower and spire are considered an architectural beauty. The weathercock is 137 feet above ground, and was given to the church in 1880 by the then landlord of the Duke of Wellington public house.
Stanwick Hall has 17th-century origins and the Old Rectory was built in 1717. In addition to these three buildings there are four others in Stanwick on the list of buildings of architectural or historic interest.
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