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.