STANWAY, a parish in the Colchester division of
the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, 4 miles ("W.
by S.) from Colchester, containing 479 inhabitants. The
living is' a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester,
and diocese of London, rated in the king's books' at
£10. 17- 6., and in the patronage of the President and
Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, has lately received an addition
of eighty sittings, of which fifty are free; the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £ 50 towards defraying the expense.
A number of large bones and other remains, probably
of elephants brought over by Claudius in 43, was found
here, in 1764, lying in a stratum of sea-sand and
shells.