Stanbridge.—See Hinton Parva.
STANBRIDGE.—See Hinton Parva.
Stanbridge
STANBRIDGE. a tything, in the parish of RomseyExtra, poor-law union of Romsey, hundred of King'sSombourn, Romsey and S. divisions of the county of
Southampton; containing 124 inhabitants.
Stancill
STANCILL, with Wellingley and Wilsick, a
township, in the parish of Tickhill, union of Doncaster, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and
Tickhill, W. riding of York, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from
Tickhill; containing 59 inhabitants. Stancill is called
in Domesday book Stemesale, and appears to have been
about that time a portion of the estate of Seward, one
of the co-lords of Tickhill: Wilsick is styled in the
same survey Wilseunice. The monks of Roche and of
Nostell possessed some lands here; and among the
families that have owned property in the township,
occur those of Fitzpaine, Hoton, Copley, Higgins. Warton,
and Jarrat. The township comprises by computation
1200 acres of land, under superior cultivation; the soil
rests principally upon limestone.
Stand
STAND, an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of
Prestwich, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Manchester, on the
road to Bury; containing about 6000 inhabitants. This
district is co-extensive with the hamlet of Whitefield, in
the township of Pilkington. An old Hall of the Pilkington family, generally known as Stand Hall, whence
the place derived its name, existed so recently as 1845,
when it was taken down: on the foundation stone was
the date 1518. This structure was erected by the Earl
of Derby, to whom the manor of Pilkington had been
granted by Henry VII. after the battle of BosworthField; and the building is traditionally reported to have
been five stories high, but reduced many years ago to its
late elevation of three stories, the highest of the three
being elaborately ornamented by the crests of the earls
of Derby, the eagle and child, and the legs of Man. It
probably owed its erection to the extensive views its
site commanded, and the facilities it therefore afforded
for observing the approach of an enemy, as well as the
sports in the surrounding park.
In consequence of the great increase of population in
the township of Pilkington, a grant was made by the
Parliamentary Commissioners for a church at this place,
the site for which was given by the Earl of Derby. The
first stone was laid by the Earl of Wilton in August 1822,
and the edifice was consecrated in September 1826. It is
dedicated to All Saints, and is an elegant building, consisting of a nave and aisles, with spacious galleries round
three of its sides: at the west end is a noble arcade with
arched entrances, from which a lofty tower, enriched
with turrets and pinnacles, rises to the height of 186 feet
from the ground, forming a beautiful and conspicuous
feature in the views of the country for many miles
round. The eastern window is of rich stained glass by
Evans, of Shrewsbury; and there are several mural
marble monuments by Chantrey, Sievier, and others, to
benefactors of the church. The cost of erection was
£12,000. The living was in 1848 made a rectory, and
endowed with £100 per annum from the tithes of the
parish of Prestwich; total net income, £270, with a
neat house; patron, the Earl of Wilton. The Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Unitarians, and
Swedenborgians have places of worship. A school,
founded about 1688, has an endowment of £38 per
annum, arising from lands in the vicinity left by Henry
Siddal, and from bequests by other individuals. There
are two other excellent schools, in connexion with the
church.
Standbridge
STANDBRIDGE, a chapelry, in the parish and
union of Leighton-Buzzard, hundred of Manshead,
county of Bedford, 3¼ miles (E. by S.) from LeightonBuzzard; containing 519 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Vicar, with a net income of £100 per annum. The chapel is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist.
Standerwick
STANDERWICK, a parish, in the union and hundred of Frome, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (E. N. E.)
from Frome; containing 89 inhabitants. Standerwick
Court, the seat of Admiral Harry Edgell, is a handsome
mansion, in the grounds of which are the remains of an
ancient encampment, supposed to have been the connecting station between Bath and Alfred's tower at
Stourton. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of
Beckington, and valued in the king's books at £2. 9. 7.:
the tithes have been commuted for £73. 3., and the glebe
comprises 14 acres.
Standford (All Saints)
STANDFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Elham, hundred of Stouting, lathe of Shepway,
E. division of Kent, 3½ miles (N. W.) from Hythe;
containing 235 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1181
acres, of which 34 are common or waste land, and 30 in
wood. The village is situated on the ancient Stanestreet. In the parish are the entrance gateway, tower,
and gallery, with the garden-walls and moat, of the old
mansion of Westenhanger, in which Fair Rosamond
previously to her removal to Woodstock, Queen Elizabeth, and other sovereigns of England, are said to have
resided. The South-Eastern railway passes on the south
of the village. The living is annexed, with that of Paddlesworth, to the rectory of Lyminge: the tithes have
been commuted for £170. 11., and the glebe comprises
9 acres.
Standground (St. John the Baptist)
STANDGROUND (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Peterborough, partly in the hundred of North Witchford, Isle of Ely, county of
Cambridge, but chiefly in the hundred of NormanCross, county of Huntingdon, l½ mile (S. E. by S.)
from Peterborough; containing, with the chapelry of
Farcett, 1415 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Nene, and on the borders of the fens,
comprises about 6000 acres, whereof 2371 are in Standground proper. The neighbouring country is flat and
marshy towards the east, and slightly undulated in the
other directions; the soil is clay, intermixed with veins
of gravel, and there are pits both of the gravel and clay.
The village is near the terminus of the Peterborough and
Blisworth railway. The living is a vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £6. 6. 10½ net income, £1299;
patrons, the Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge; impropriators, the landowners: 230 acres
of land belong to the benefice, and there is a good parsonage-house. The great tithes were held by Thorney
Abbey: at the dissolution of monasteries they came
into the possession of Sir Walter Mildmay, the founder
of Emmanuel College, by whom the vicarage was given
to that establishment. The church is a large building
in the decorated style, consisting of a nave, aisles, and
a handsome chancel: at the west end is a lofty spire,
and the edifice, being situated on rising ground, is seen
at a great distance. Farcett contains a chapel of ease.
Standhill
STANDHILL, a hamlet, in the parish and hundred
of Pirton, union of Henley, county of Oxford, 3 miles
(W. S. W.) from Tetsworth. The vicarial tithes have
been commuted for a rent-charge of £128. 13.
Standish (St. Nicholas)
STANDISH (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union
of Wheaten hurst, Upper division of the hundred of
Whitstone, E. division of the county of Gloucester,
4 miles (N. W.) from Stroud; containing 540 inhabitants. The Cheltenham and Great Western Union railway passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage,
with that of Hardwick consolidated, valued in the king's
books at £44. 2. 8½.; net income, £527; patron and
appropriator, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The
church is principally in the decorated English style.
Standish (St. Wilfrid)
STANDISH (St.Wilfrid), a parish, in the unions
of Wigan and Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of Lancashire; containing 8686 inhabitants, of
whom 2565 are in the township of Standish with Langtree, 3¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Wigan. According to
Whitaker, the historian of Manchester, Standish, anciently Stanedich, was one of the twelve considerable
towns in the south of Lancashire in which the Saxons
erected fortified castles for the residence of their chiefs,
and the protection of the country. Of the castle of
Standish, however, there are no remains, nor can its site
even be ascertained. Jordan de Standish is named in
connexion with the manor in the 16th of Edward I.;
but whether his progenitors gave their name to the parish, or received it from the castle, is by no means
evident: it is believed that the family have been settled
here from the Conquest, or from a very short period
after that event. The parish comprises the townships
of Adlington, Anderton, Charnock-Richard, Coppull,
Duxbury, Heath-Charnock, Shevington, Standish with
Langtree, Welsh-Whittle, and Worthington. It measures from north to south eight miles, and from east to
west six miles six furlongs, forming an area of 9432
acres: of these, 3040 acres are in Standish with Langtree. The greater portion of the land is in pasture, not
more than a fourth part being in arable cultivation.
Ordinary coal and cannel-coal mining employs a great
number of hands; there are several stone-quarries; and
cotton and silk weaving is extensively carried on. The
Roman Watling-street passes through the parish; the
Leeds and Liverpool canal winds along its south and
east sides, and it is intersected by the North-Union and
the Bolton and Preston railways.
The principal Halls in the parish, are those of Standish, Duxbury, Adlington, and Chisnal. Standish Hall is
a large brick mansion of irregular form, long the seat of
the Standish family, and now the residence of John
Lord, Esq., mayor of Wigan in 1846; the moat encircling it was filled up in 1780, and much of the original
building itself was then removed. The Lancashire Plot
of 1694, which had for its object the dethronement of
William III. and the re-establishment of the Stuarts and
the Roman Catholic religion, is supposed to have been
concocted in this house. The village is seated on high
ground, and commands fine views: in its centre is an
ancient relic, consisting of a single shaft springing from
a tier of steps; and adjoining the village, in obscure
lanes, are many other headless crosses. Fairs for
horses, cattle, and toys, are held on June 29th and
Nov. 22nd.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £45. 16. 8.; net income, £1874: patron, Charles
Standish, Esq. The tithes of Standish with Langtree
have been commuted for £384, and the glebe consists of
271 acres. The church was built in 1584, by Richard
Moodie, the first Protestant rector, on the site of a much
older edifice, of which the tower and spire remain attached
to the present building. It is a large and elegant structure of the Tuscan order, and consists of a nave, chancel,
and aisles: the nave is divided from the aisles by seven
arches on each side, upheld by Tuscan columns; and
there is an arch of noble span, and of fine proportions,
between the nave and chancel. At Adlington and Coppull are other churches, and at Standish Hall is a Roman
Catholic chapel. The free grammar school at Standish
was founded in 1603, by Mary Langton, and is endowed
with lauds, &c.: the master has £87 per annum, with a
house and garden; and an usher receives £22 per
annum. Mary Smalley, in 1794, bequeathed £1000 for
a girls' school, of which the income is £50 per annum.
In the parish are various other schools; and several
bequests are appropriated to charitable purposes.
Standlake (St. Giles)
STANDLAKE (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of
Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford, 5½
miles (S. S. E.) from the town of Witney; containing,
with the hamlet of Brittenton, 707 inhabitants. The
parish comprises 2237a. 36p., of which 330 acres are
meadow and pasture, and the remainder chiefly arable.
Gaunt House, here, now occupied by a farmer, is said to
have been originally built by John of Gaunt and Johan
his wife, to whose memory there is a brass in the church 3
it was garrisoned for Charles I., in 1643 and 1644, by
Dr. Fell, Dean of Christ-Church, to whom it then belonged. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £16. 10. 10.; net income, £373; patrons, the
President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford.
The church is a handsome cruciform structure in the
early and decorated English styles, with a lofty octangular tower crowned by a pierced parapet, from within
which rises a low spire; the arched timber-roof is supported by springers resting on corbels ornamented with
heraldic devices. Some children are instructed for
about £25 per annum, arising from gifts by William
Plaisterer in 1711, and John Chambers in 1732.
Standlinch
STANDLINCH, a parish, in the union of Alderbury, hundred of Downton, Salisbury and Amesbury,
and S. divisions of Wilts, 4¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from
Salisbury; containing 40 inhabitants. The parish is
bounded on the west and south-west by the river Avon,
and comprises about 500 acres: the soil is a light sand,
alternated with chalk; the surface is elevated, and the
scenery pleasingly diversified. A chantry was founded
here by Queen Elfrida, in expiation of the murder of
Edward the Martyr; and on the site a small chapel
was erected in 1147, which was rebuilt in 1677: the
chapel is still in existence, but no living is attached to
it, nor is it used for divine service, except occasionally
by the family of the lord of the manor, Earl Nelson, of
Trafalgar House. A rent-charge of £3. 6. 8. is payable
to Winchester College in commutation of tithes.
Standon (St. Mary)
STANDON (St. Mary), a parish,and formerly a market-town, in the union of Ware, hundred of Braughin,
county of Hertford, 8 miles (N. E.) from Hertford;
containing with the hamlets of Colliers-End, High-Cross,
and parts of Puckeridge and Wadesmill, 2299 inhabitants. The parish comprises by measurement 7500
acres. The village is neatly built; the manufacture of
paper affords employment to about 14 persons, and a
few children. The market, granted by Charles II., has
been for some time discontinued; a fair is held on the 25th
of April, chiefly for pleasure. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £14. 13.4., and in
the gift of the Ward family: the great tithes have been
commuted for £1310, and the vicarial for £520; the
glebe comprises six acres. The church is a large ancient
building, with a tower on the north side, and contains a
handsome monument to Sir Ralph Sadlier, who was
interred here. At High-Cross is a separate incumbency.
There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans;
also a free school endowed by Thomas Fisher, in 1612,
with £35 per annum, which subsequent benefactions
have increased to £65. About five miles from Ware, on
the Cambridge road, in the parish, is St. Edmund's
College, established on the expulsion of the English
Roman Catholics from Douay, at the commencement of
the French revolution in 1789; it is for the education of
the sons of the nobility and gentry of the Roman Catholic religion: the edifice was erected in 1795, and consists of a range of buildings four stories high, and 300
feet long. The ancient Ermin-street runs through the
parish.
Standon (All Saints)
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 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 the Salt family: the tithes have been commuted for
£480, and the glebe comprises 90 acres. The church is
an ancient structure in the Norman style.
Standon or Stondon Massey (St. Peter and St. Paul)
STANDON or STONDON MASSEY (St. Peter
and St. Paul), a parish, in the union and hundred of
Ongar, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (E. S. E.) from
Ongar; containing 291 inhabitants. It takes the adjunct to its name from an ancient proprietor of the
manor. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £13. 6. 8.; net income, £461; patron, John
Hubbard, Esq. The church is a small edifice, with a
belfry turret surmounted by a spire of wood.
Stane
STANE, a hamlet, in the parish of Withe rn, union
of Louth, Marsh division of the hundred of Calceworth, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6½ miles
(N.) from Alford; comprising about 250 acres. It was
formerly a parish. The living was a rectory, united to
that of Mablethorpe St. Mary, and valued in the king's
books at £5. 6. 8.; the church was dedicated to All
Saints.
Stanfield (St. Margaret)
STANFIELD (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union
of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Launditch,
W. division of Norfolk, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from
East Dereham; containing 259 inhabitants. It comprises 903a. lr. 4p., of which about 761 acres are arable,
and the remainder pasture and meadow. The living is
a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£6. 14. 2., and in the gift of the Rev. James Royle: the
tithes have been commuted for £258, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is chiefly in the early and
later English styles, with a square tower.
Stanford
STANFORD, a hamlet, in the parish of Southill,
union of Biggleswade, hundred of Wixamtree, county
of Bedford, 3¼ miles (S. W. by S.) from Biggleswade;
containing 435 inhabitants.
Stanford (All Saints)
STANFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Swaffham, hundred of Grimshoe, W. division of
Norfolk, 8 miles (N. E.) from Brandon; containing
184 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 2565
acres, of which 1200 are arable, 630 meadow, pasture,
and sheep-walks, 60 in wood, chiefly plantation, 44 furze,
and 580 rabbit-warren. The surface is varied, and the
low lands are watered by the river Wissey. The living
is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£5. 13. 1½., and in the gift of the Bishop of Ely: the
great tithes have been commuted for £77, and the vicarial for £75. 13. The church, built of brick, and now
much decayed, has a tower of flint at the west end,
circular at the base, and octangular above; the chancel
and north aisle are dilapidated.
Stanford (St. Nicholas)
STANFORD (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union
of Rugby, hundred of Guilsborough, S. division of the
county of Northampton, 3½ miles (S. W.) from Welford, and 5 (S. E.) from Lutterworth; containing 32
inhabitants. Shortly after the Conquest, Guy de Reinbudcurt, one of the Norman companions of William, sold
the lordship to Benedict, abbot of the Benedictine
monastery of Selby, in Yorkshire. In 1471 John Cave
died vicar of Stanford, having, probably, been presented
to the living by his brother, then abbot of Selby. After
the Dissolution, the manor and advowson were granted
by Henry VIII., for the sum of £1194. 3. 4., to Thomas
Cave, Esq. The old manor-house of Stanford Hall was
situated on the left bank of the Avon in this county;
about 1680 it was pulled down by Sir Roger Cave, and
a new building was commenced on the right bank, in
the county of Leicester, which was completed in 1737.
The river Avon bounds Stanford on the north-west, and
the Grand Union canal passes through it. The parish
comprises 2056a. 2r. 33p. of land, chiefly pasture of the
best kind, and rendered more fertile by draining; only
small portions are in tillage, and the soil in those parts
is strong and clayey. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £9. 10. 5.; net income,
£85: the patronage and impropriation belong to Baroness Braye, of the family of Cave. The glebe-house is
small but convenient, and has been much improved by
-the present incumbent. The church is an interesting
specimen of the decorated English style, and retains
more indications of the architectural good taste which
distinguished the 14th century than have usually escaped
the innovations of later times. The organ belonged to
the banqueting-hall at Whitehall, whence it was removed
and sold by order of Cromwell; it was subsequently
purchased from Magdalen College, Oxford, by the proprietor of Stanford. In the church is a series of monuments of the Caves, knights and baronets, commencing
in 1558, and all in excellent preservation. William Laud,
afterwards the celebrated archbishop, was inducted to
the vicarage of this parish, in 1607.
Stanford (St. Mary)
STANFORD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union ot
Martley, Upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, Hundred-House and W. divisions of the county
of Worcester, 12 miles (N. W.) from Worcester; containing 164 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by
the small river Teme, and comprises 1278a. 2r. 19p. of
land, mostly pasture, with picturesque scenery, embellished with large oak timber. The substratum contains
limestone, which is quarried for building and for the
roads, and also burnt into lime. The Hall, built at Various
times, contains a curious room with portraits of the time
of Queen Elizabeth painted on the panels; in the park
is a fine sheet of water, and the largest cedar-tree in the
kingdom. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £7. 4. 2., and in the patronage of Sir T. E.
Winnington, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for
£230, and the glebe comprises 68½ acres, with a parsonage, a fine stone structure, in a commanding situation
and enjoying delightful prospects. The church, an elegant edifice in the pointed style, with a handsome tower,
stands on an elevated site within the park, and forms an
interesting feature in the landscape; it was erected about
70 years ago, is of stone, and contains some fine monuments, one of them to the Rt. Hon. Thomas Winnington. Here is a rock of singular formation, apparently a
petrifaction, from which issues a spring of remarkably
pure water.
Stanford, Bishops (St. James)
STANFORD, BISHOPS (St. James), a parish, in
the union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county
of Hereford, 3½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Bromyard;
containing 233 inhabitants. It comprises 1480 acres, of
which 230 are common or waste land. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Bromyard, with a net income of £58; appropriator, the first
Portionist of Bromyard. The great tithes have been
commuted for £105, and those of the vicar of Bromyard
for £100. There are 7 acres of glebe.
Stanford-Dingley (St. Denis)
STANFORD-DINGLEY (St. Denis), a parish, in
the union of Bradfield, hundred of Faircross, county
of Berks, 10 miles (W.) from Reading; containing 151
inhabitants. It comprises 941a. 2r. 36p., of which 654
acres are arable, 85 meadow and pasture, and 129 woodland. The soil is clay, alternated with chalk and gravel;
the surface is hilly, and the lower grounds are watered
by the small river Fawley. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £8. 1. 8., and in the
patronage of Miss A. Baldock: the tithes have been
commuted for £270. 6., and the glebe comprises 18
acres. The church is principally in the Norman style.
Stanford-In-The-Vale (St. Denis)
STANFORD-IN-THE-VALE (St. Denis), a parish,
in the union of Farringdon, partly in the hundred of
Ock, but chiefly in that of Ganfield, county of Berks,
4 miles (E. S. E.) from Farringdon; containing, with the
chapelry of Goosey, 1149 inhabitants, of whom 970 are in
Stanford township. The parish comprises 2821a. 2r. 1p.
The village is neatly built, and had formerly a market on
Thursday and a fair on the festival of St. Denis, granted
in 1230, by Henry III., to Ferrers, Earl of Derby. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books
at £21. 1. 10½ net income, £337; patrons and
appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
There is a chapel of ease at Goosey. A quarry of stone
in the parish is remarkable for its variety of fossil
remains.
Standford-Le-Hope (St. Margaret)
STANFORD-LE-HOPE (St. Margaret), a parish,
in the union of Orsett, hundred of Barstable, S.
division of Essex, 1½ mile (S. E. by S.) from Horndonon-the-Hill; containing 336 inhabitants. It takes its
name from a stone ford across the stream separating it
from Mucking and Horndon-on-the-Hill, and has the
adjunct to its name from a bay formed by the river
Thames, called The Hope; the ancient ford has been
superseded by abridge, kept in repair at the joint expense
of the three parishes. The parish comprises 2418 acres,
of which 159 are common or waste land. The living is
a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 19. 9½.;
net income, £591; patron, the Rev. J. C. Knott. The
church, situated on the village green, is an ancient edifice,
with a tower on the south side. Mrs. Elizabeth Davison
bequeathed £950 three per cents, and £300 South Sea
annuities, for instruction.
Stanford-Rivers (St. Mary)
STANFORD-RIVERS (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union and hundred of Ongar, S. division of Essex,
2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Ongar; containing 972
inhabitants. It derives its name from an ancient stone
ford across the river Roden, and the adjunct to its name
from the family of Rivers, to whom the manor at one
time belonged. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £26. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the
Duchy of Lancaster: the tithes have been commuted for
£1020, and the glebe comprises 54 acres. The church
is an ancient edifice, with a tower surmounted by a
shingled spire. There is a place of worship for Independents; and the workhouse of the Ongar union is situated
here. Dr. John Crayford, Master of University College,
Oxford; Dr. Thomas Cole, Dean of Salisbury; Dr.
Richard Montague, Bishop of Norwich; Dr. Roger
Manwaring, Bishop of St. David's; and the learned
Drs. Richard Mulcaster and Nathaniel Lancaster, were
rectors of the parish.
Stanford-Upon-Soar (St. John the Baptist)
STANFORD-UPON-SOAR, (St. John the Baptist),
a parish, in the union of Loughborough, S. division of
the wapentake of Rushcliffe and of the county of
Nottingham, 1 mile (N. by E.) from Loughborough;
containing 146 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Soar, at the southern extremity of the
county, comprises by measurement 1500 acres. The soil
is sandy, and the surface undulated; the scenery is enriched with wood, and the views from Stanford Hall are
extensive and finely varied, overlooking the vale of
Loughborough, and embracing the Charnwood Forest
hills. The Soar navigation passes within half a mile of
the parish, and the Midland railway runs through it.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£9. 7. 6., and in the gift of the Rev. S. V. Dashwood:
the tithes have been commuted for £420, and the glebe
comprises 14 acres. The church is a spacious and
venerable structure in the early English style, with a
square embattled tower, and occupies a beautifully
secluded spot embosomed in foliage. Roman coins have
been discovered.