Stanley, Staffordshire
| Stanley | |
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Cottages in Stanley | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 933 523 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Stanley is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Leek. The village of Bagnall is about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south.
Stanley was formerly a township in the parish of Leek, and later part of a civil parish with Endon (about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north) and Longsdon (about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north-east). Since 1894 it has been in the civil parish of Endon and Stanley.
The village lies mostly at height 500–600 feet (150–180 m). The name Stanley, probably referring to this site, means a clearing on stony ground. The terrain is of boulder clay, and the underlying rock is millstone grit.