Saundby

For the British Air Marshal, see Robert Saundby.
Saundby
Saundby
 Saundby shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 2,159 [1]
OS grid referenceSK7854587981
DistrictNottinghamshire
Shire countyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district DN22
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentBassetlaw
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°22′55″N 0°49′12″W / 53.382°N 0.820°W / 53.382; -0.820

Saundby is a village in Nottinghamshire, England two miles west of Gainsborough and lies within the civil parish of Beckingham cum Saundby. The parish is bordered on one side by the River Trent. The village Church of St Martin was extensively restored in 1885.[2]

Saundby Origin - Saun+by (+by - farmstead of) Danish origin, possibly when the Danes travelled inland up the River Idle and settled in the area).Saundby is a small hamlet adjoining Beckingham with a population of approximately 100.[3] Saundby was a village of farmstead and small holdings. At one point a cheese farm existed as a way of dealing with excess milk that arose when the school canteens were closed.

Population

The very small population of around 100 people[4] in Saundby has had little or no change in the last 50 years. The graphs below represent this data in comparison to England and Wales http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10269805&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP&id=0

References

  1. ↑ "National Statistics". Lead Key Figures. Direct gov. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  3. ↑ "History or Beckingham and Saundby". Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Vision of Britain". Retrieved 2012-04-25.
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