Anglo-Saxon stream
There has been a settlement in Stanwell from long before Anglo-Saxon times. Discoveries of flint tools in the area show this to be true. No one knows exacty how old the settlement is, but experts believe that the Anglo-Saxons may have given it the name: ‘Stanwell’ meaning ‘Stoney stream’
Over the years it has been known by many abbrieviations: ‘Stannel’ in the 1920s and today to some locals its ‘Stanweazy’ or ‘Stanwizzle’
Tales of mythical beasts such as dragons and phoenix were popular in the Anglo-Saxon times as there was no 3D cinemas and you went to war with an axe at an early age. How peaceful it would have been in those times to find a quiet spot by a stoney stream in springtime with the bluebells all around…