Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAUNDBY

SAUNDBY, a parish in the district of Gainsborough and county of Nottingham; on the river Trent, 1¾ mile N of Sturton r. station, and 2½ W S W of Gainsborough. Post-town, Retford. Acres, 1, 373. Real property, £2, 306. Pop., 86. Houses, 16. The property belongs to Lord Middleton. A ship-yard, wharves, and an oilmill are at Trent-Port, opposite Gainsborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £321.* Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is old but good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Saundby CP/AP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Saundby

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