STANDON, a parish, with a village, in Stone district, Stafford; on the Northwestern railway, 4 miles NNW of Eccleshall. It has a r. station, called Standon-Bridge, and a post-office under Eccleshall. Acres, 2,570. Real property, £4,481. Pop., 347. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £590.* Patron, the Rev. J. Salt. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1846. Charities, £8.

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