Standon in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"STANDON, a parish in the N. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 4½ miles N.W. of Eccleshall, its post town, and 5 N.W. of Stone. It is a station on the London and North-Western railway. The village, which is small, is situated on the Mees Brook, and is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the township of Bowers.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £590. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, on the site of the old one in 1846. The register dates from 1558. The parochial charities produce about £4 per annum. There is a school for both sexes, principally supported by the rector. T. Salt, Esq., is lord of the manor."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]