Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAUNTON

STAUNTON, a township in Newark district, and a parish partly also in Bingham district, Notts. The township lies on the river Devon, 2¾ miles N of Bottesford r. station. Acres, 1,410. Real property, £1,532. Pop., 87. Houses, 16. The manor, with S. Hall, has belonged to the Staunton family since the Norman conquest. The parish includes Flawborough chapelry, and comprises 2,375 acres. Post town, Elton, under Nottingham. Pop., 151. Houses, 28. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £322.* Patron, Rev. F. Staunton. The church was restored in 1854.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bingham RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Staunton

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