Stannington, Northumberland

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For the ward in Sheffield, see Stannington.

Stannington is a small village in central Northumberland which is associated with Morpeth and its county council. Stannington'a oldest building is the church, St. Mary The Virgin, preached by their local vicar Reverend Canon Colin R. Gough, a canon from the Diocese Of Newcastle.^{[citation needed]} The Church was First built in the 1100s and was then knocked down and then rebuilt.^{[citation needed]} Stannington is divided into three devisions: Stannington North-East Quarter, Stannington North-West Quarter and Stannington South Quarter.^{[citation needed]}

The total area of Stannington, including Stannington Vale is 10,093 acres.^{[citation needed]} The principle landowners are The Earl of Carlisle and Sir Matthew White Ridley, who shares his name with the local pub "The Ridley Arms".^{[citation needed]}

The village has two vicarages.^{[citation needed]} There were two hospitals set in St. Mary's known as St. Mary's Hospital; one was a children's tuberculosis hospital and the second a mental asylum.^{[citation needed]} Stannington First School is located opposite the church.^{[citation needed]}

The A1 road arcs past the village and in instances of traffic accidents or otherwise-motivated road closures, traffic form the A1 has had to be streamed though the villiage itself.^{[citation needed]} Improvements in the last ten years to the roads interconnecting Stannington to surrounding areas has meant a reduction in the relatively high accident count in the area previous to the new developments^{[citation needed]}, and consequently the likelihood of said traffic-diversion measures. Modifications include a new roundabout and a new over-pass.^{[citation needed]}