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Stanford on Teme is a village and former
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of Stanford with Orleton, in the
Malvern Hills The Malvern Hills are in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit af ...
district, in the county of
Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 144.


History

Stanford Court, a Grade II listed 18th century stately home, is the ancestral home of the Winnington baronets. The house was first built in the reign of King James I. It was extended in the 18th century, and remodelled after a fire in 1882.
Lucy Lyttelton Cameron Lucy Lyttelton Cameron (29 April 1781 – 6 September 1858, née Butt) was a British magazine editor and a writer for children with religious themes. Early life and education Lucy Lyttelton Cameron was born in Stanford-on-Teme, taking her name ...
, the children's author was born here in 1781. She was the daughter of George Butt and his wife and they had another daughter named Mary Martha. The rectory in Stanford was built for George Butt just to the west of the church.'Parishes: Stanford on Teme', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (1924), pp. 341–345. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42907 Date accessed: 26 August 2014 On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with "Orleton" to form "Stanford with Orleton".


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External links


Malvern Hills District official web site
Villages in Worcestershire Former civil parishes in Worcestershire Malvern Hills District {{Worcestershire-geo-stub