Stanhope may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Stanhope essay prize The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford, by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855. Notable winners Notable Stanhope Prize winners: * John Richard Magrath, 1860 * Francis J ...

, at Oxford University * Stanhope College, a fictional college attended by Supergirl

People

Stanhope (name) Stanhope is an English surname of medieval origins, meaning 'a dweller on a stony ridge'. It has also been used as a given name. List Notable people with the name include: Surname * Alexander Stanhope (1638–1707), English envoy in Madrid * Arthur ...

, a surname and given name * Earl Stanhope, a hereditary title held by seven people since 1718 * Spencer-Stanhope family, a family of British landed gentry * Earl of Harrington, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Places

Australia

* Stanhope, Victoria, Australia * Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales, Australia

Canada

Stanhope, Prince Edward Island Stanhope is a Canadian rural community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. Administratively, it is part of the Rural Municipality of North Shore, Prince Edward Island, North Shore. Located within the township of Lot 34, Prince Edward Isl ...

, Canada *

Stanhope, Quebec Stanhope is a Canadian village and community of Coaticook, Coaticook RCM, in the Estrie region of Quebec. Its population is less than 200 residents. History The village was a separate community in the 1890s which later became part of Coaticook ...

, Canada * Stanhope, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

UK

Stanhope, County Durham Stanhope is a market town and civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It lies on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley, in the north-east of Weardale. The main A689 road over the ...

, England * Stanhope, Kent, England * Stanhope, Peeblesshire, Scotland

United States

Stanhope, Iowa Stanhope is a city in Hamilton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 364 at the time of the 2020 census. History Stanhope was laid out in 1883. It was named for Lady Hester Stanhope, a British traveler and author. Another theory for th ...

Stanhope, Kentucky Stanhope is an unincorporated community within Webster County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bord ...

Stanhope, New Jersey Stanhope is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,610,Stanhope, Ohio Stanhope is an unincorporated community in Ashtabula and Trumbull counties, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a popu ...

* Stanhope, a Mississippi landmark *

Stanhope Hotel 995 Fifth Avenue is a 16-story co-op apartment building at 995 Fifth Avenue and East 81st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, across Fifth Avenue from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Fifth Avenue building ...

, in New York City

In transportation

Stanhope (carriage) The stanhope was a gig, buggy, or light phaeton, typically having a high seat for one person and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope (ca. 1754 - 1828, son of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington), a well-known ...

, a horse-drawn gig, buggy or light phaeton *

Stanhope (railways) The Railway Regulation Act 1844 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel. It provided compulsory services at a price affordable to poorer people to enable them to travel to find w ...

, third class passenger vehicles on early British railways * Stanhope body, a car body style ** Stanhope, an automobile manufactured from 1904 to 1906 by the Twyford Motor Car Company

Other uses

Stanhope (optical bijou) Stanhopes or Stanho-scopes are optical devices that enable the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope.Focal encyclopedia of photography' By Michael R. Peres Focal Press, 2007

, a type of photographic lens used in novelty collectibles * ''

Stanhopea ''Stanhopea'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is ''Stan.'' The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope (Philip Henry Stanhope) (1781-1855), president ...

'', a genus of the orchid family * Stanhope plc, English property developer *

Stanhope press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the c ...

, an early cast iron printing press * First Stanhope–Sunderland Ministry, in British history *

Second Stanhope–Sunderland Ministry The second Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1718–1721) was a continuation of the British Whig government headed by The Earl of Sunderland and The Earl Stanhope. These had taken power in 1717 to form the First Stanhope–Sunderland ministr ...

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