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STANFORD IN THE VALE
The Church of St. Denys is named after the patron saint of France and was founded in about the year 939. There was some major reconstruction in the late 13th century and further additions to the building made in the 14th and 15th centuries. The present external appearance of the church is substantially how it would have been in the 16th century, by which time a steeple had fallen or been blown down. For the history and full information about the Church of St. Denys Click here. Stanford was once a farming community and had eight farms and milk was sent to London every day by train from Challow station. At one time there were two flour mills, two smithies, a brickmaking yard, a wheelwright's yard and two sets of threshing tackle and a carpenter. Stanford in the Vale lies just off the A417 about four miles from Faringdon and six from Wantage. |
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