The Stanley name

[Bob Dobson]

I have long known that t'Stanley's name comes from that of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby, whose family seat is at Knowsley Hall, in the hundred of West Derby, SW Lancashire. They were also based, through a marriage, at Lathom Hall. However, I learned that the family originally came from a village called Stanley which is near to Stoke on Trent

The club took its name from the Stanley Arms pub, which was near to the top of Stanley Street. The street's name was given by the Peel family of nearby Accrington House, who owned all the land in that part of the town. They were pally with the Stanley family. One Lord Derby owned so much land in Lancashire and was such a powerful man politically that he was known as the King of Lancashire.

[Gremlin]

There is also a village named Stanley in the County of Durham.
I visited once and there is/was a memorial to the men who died in one of the biggest pit disasters in Britain.