 Much of the parish, as well as the neighbouring parish of Bromfield, remains part of the Earl of Plymouth's Oakly Park Estate.Stanton Lacy has early Anglo-Saxon origins and can trace its history to before the Norman conquest of 1066, after which the large manor of Stanton was granted to Roger de Lacy.Previously simply known as Stanton, this ownership gave it the name of Stanton "Lacy", which is in use to the present day and helps distinguish it from the many other places in England (and Shropshire) with the name 'Stanton'.