Standish, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Standish, a parish in Gloucestershire, 1 mile SSW of Haresfield station on the M.R., and 5 miles NW of Stroud. Post town, Stonehouse; telegraph office, Haresfield. Acreage, 3211; population of the civil parish, 458; of the ecclesiastical, with Hardwicke, 1093. There is a parish council of five members. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. Standish House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with Hardwicke, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; joint net value, £310 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is Decorated, and has a fine E window and a graceful spire of 1348 date. It was closely connected with a Benedictine house, of which very interesting rains stand close by.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Standish St. Nicholas | |
| Hundred | Whitstone | |
| Poor Law union | Wheatenhurst |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Standish 1559-1812, Gloucestershire is available to browse online.
The register dates from the year 1558.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Nicholas (parish church)
The church of St. Nicholas is a building of stone, in the Late Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a western tower, with broach spire, containing 6 bells: the church was new roofed and otherwise repaired in 1867, and has sittings for 220 persons.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Standish from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Standish (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Standish are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.