Standon in 1859

STANDON (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union of STONE, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (N.N.W.) from Eccleshall; containing 382 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the east by the river Sow, comprises 2548a.34p.; the soil is partly a stiff clay, and partly a deep rich loam, alternated with light gravel. The village is pleasantly situated on an eminence, and the surrounding scenery is finely varied.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6.18.4., and in the gift of J. Stevenson Salt, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £480, and the glebe comprises 90 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the Norman style. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]