Stoney Stanton is a village in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of over 7,000 in 2001. Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It constitutes a civil parish. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The village is on a rocky outcrop and was the site of a quarry, which was closed in 1958. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It has been since flooded and as Stoney Cove is a major diving centre, one of the biggest in Europe and a steady source of business for the local area. Stoney Cove is a large flooded Quarry which is a popular inland Scuba diving site Through the first half of the 20th Century granite quarrying was a major activity in Stoney Stanton due to the villages location upon a rocky outcrop of ancient grano-diorite, a hard stone much prized for roadmaking. It also had a symbol of the textile industry, a Couture Tights factory, within the village until the closure of the factory a few years ago. Calor Gas also has a large depot on the borders of the village.
The village is just to the east of the M69. The M69 is a Motorway in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England connecting Leicester and Coventry, completed in Nearby villages include Croft, and Sapcote. Croft is a small village in the District of Blaby in Leicestershire, England, off the old Fosse Way. Sapcote is a small village in the south west of Leicestershire, England, with a population of approximately 2700
Stoney Stanton contains five public houses, somewhat unusual for a village of its size, and also a busy social club. The most popular of these is "The Blue Bell".
Another good pub is the STAR which has a good Indian restaurant attached to it.
There is a good community aspect within the village, embodied in, amongst other things, a very successful carnival every year, a thriving youth (at many different levels) and adult football club, and a series of shops and a doctors surgery. There is also one school, Manorfield C of E Primary School.
The village is also home to a thriving music scene, with several of the best know local bands living in Stoney Stanton. Bands of note include Jif (progressive metal), Solice (R. I. P)(death metal) and The Cosmic Vortex of Doom (Stoner/Rock).
Possibly the most famous man in the history of the village was the curate Bilb (1679-1751). He lived in Stoney Stanton for nearly 50 years, during which time he did much work to make the village self-sufficient and to help the people living in the village.
The village is mentioned Domesday Book as 'Stanton', from Anglo-Saxon Stāntūn = "farmstead on stony ground". The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock The Anglican church of St Michael's was first recorded in 1149. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican
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