King's Stanley is a village

Village

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 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, England

England

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, situated southwest of the town of Stroud

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District.Situated below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting point of the Five Valleys, the town is noted for its steep streets and cafe culture...

. The village is part of what is known locally as 'The Stanleys', along with its neighbours Leonard Stanley

Leonard Stanley

Leonard Stanley is a small village on the outskirts of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire about 2.5 miles from Stroud.-References:* David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. ISBN 0-14-071040-X, pp.296-299-External links:* at *...

 and Stanley Downton. Marling Close, which contains the local playing fields on which the cricket and football teams play, was donated to the village by local magnates The Marlings who also helped found Marling School

Marling School

Marling School is a grammar school for boys located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, next to its sister school, Stroud High School. It is on the Cainscross Road, the main route out of Stroud towards the M5....

, and is now in the care of the Marling Trust. The village is overlooked by Selsley

Selsley

Selsley is a village within the civil parish of King's Stanley and district of Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. It is composed of around 175 houses-scattered around the western and eastern edge of a Cotswold spur-located approximately south of Stroud...

 common.
The village is home to the oldest Baptist

Baptist

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 Church in Gloucestershire that started meeting in 1640. In the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf

Turstin FitzRolf

Turstin FitzRolf was a Norman magnate, one of the few "Proven Companions of William the Conqueror" who fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. As his name indicates, he was the son of a certain Rolf, synonymous with Rou and Rollo . His first name appears as Tosteins, Thurstan and other variants...

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Education

King's Stanley is home to a C of E Primary School. This was established as a result of the amalgamation of the Infant and Junior Schools on the site of the old Junior School. This is to allow construction of a new building on the old Infant School site where the whole school will ultimately be based. It's planned that the new school buildings will be completed by Easter 2011.

The Primary School was inspected by Ofsted in October 2009, and judged to be "Outstanding".

Notable people

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External links

• Parish council website
• British History Online - King's Stanley entry.