STANLEY, a chapelry in the parish of WAKEFIELD,
lower division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding
of the county of YORK, 1 mile (N. N. E.) from Wakefield,
containing, with the township of Wrenthorp, 4630
inhabitants. A lunatic asylum for paupers has been
established in this township. This was the site of a
Roman station, where a vast quantity of Roman crucibles}
moulds, and silver and copper coins, has been found;
of the latter forty pounds weight was dug up in 1812.
Many of these relics are deposited in the British museum
and other similar establishments. The scene of the
battle fought by Robiu Hood, Scarlet, and Little John,
against the Pindar of Wakefield, is laid here, according
to the ancient ballad.