STAUNTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Newent, and county of Worcester; 8 miles NNW of Gloucester r. station. It has a post-office under Gloucester. Acres, 1,447. Real property, £3,097. Pop., 507. Houses, 123. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £404.* Patron, J. F. Sevier, Esq. The church is early English, and was recently repaired. There are a national school, and charities £60.

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