Stansfield, West Yorkshire
Stansfield () is a place and township in the civil parish of Todmorden and Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, which gave its name to Stansfield Hall, Stansfield Hall Railway Station, and an electoral ward in Todmorden, Calderdale. History Stansfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Stanesfelt'. The area comprising Stansfield extends from Stansfield Moor in the Pennines to the banks of the River Calder in Todmorden. Historically, the township of Stansfield was considered within the manor of Wakefield which was granted, after the Norman Conquest, to William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. The earl then granted the manor of Stansfield to his sub-tenant John de Thornhill, and it later passed to the Savile family. In terms of ecclesiastical organisation, Stansfield was one of the townships in the chapelry of Heptonstall within the ancient parish of Halifax. Following the Local Government Act 1894, the Todmorden Local Board became an Urban District Council, comprising the wards of Todmorden, Walsden, Langfield and Stansfield. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the West Riding of Yorkshire was abolished and Stansfield has since formed part of the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire. Stansfield remains an electoral ward within the