The parish includes the hamlets of Clanville (in the southeast) and Lower Stanton St Quintin (on the A429 road, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the northeast).

Farmland and woodland at Stantone in the ancient hundred of Chippenham,[2] were recorded in the Domesday Book survey of 1086.

[3] There is a Roman villa site at Stanton Park in the west of the parish, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Fosse Way.

They were persuaded to leave the town and continued quarrelling on the road south, after Jacques tried to push Hartford into a mill pond.

After obtaining food at the village, Jacques caught up with Hartford and beat him around the head with a hedge stake until he was dead and then stole his money.

[8] George Hartford was buried in Stanton St Quintin churchyard on 26 May 1764, the entry next to his burial record stating "Murdered by Jacques".

[11] The nave has a stained glass window designed by Christopher Whall and made by James Powell and Sons in 1888.

[10] Notable rectors include Frederic Price (cricketer), from 1911 to 1922;[14] who was followed by Gordon Tidy (soldier, author and poet, for a time in charge of the cathedral at Bathurst, New South Wales).

[18][19] Stanton St. Quintin Quarry and Motorway Cutting is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Historic England states that several of the station's buildings, such as the Officers' Mess,[20] represent the "improved architectural quality characteristic of the air bases developed under the post-1934 expansion of the RAF".

The administration and accommodation buildings were transferred to the Army and renamed Buckley Barracks in 2003, and in 2016 the airfield section of the site was sold to technology company Dyson, who converted two hangars for office use.