Farther south the country becomes more wooded and hilly. The high
ground rises on the left above Stanton, and at the foot of the hill near
the village nestle the pretty old church and gabled manor-house, with
its complement of old farm buildings adjacent. The village street, like
Broadway, consists of rows of grey stone gables, at the end of which
stands the sundial-surmounted cross. The interior of the church has
not been spoiled; the carved oak canopied pulpit towering above the
ancient pews is quite in keeping with the old-world v
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illage. The Stanways are about two miles to the south, but there are
so few houses that one wonders where the children come from to
attend the village school. Wood Stanway is not disappointing like
many places possessing picturesque names that we could quote, for
it is enveloped in trees, and so is Church Stanway for that matter.