English Heritage sites near Staunton Parish
RUFFORD ABBEY
16 miles from Staunton Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
20 miles from Staunton Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
25 miles from Staunton Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
26 miles from Staunton Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
BOLSOVER CASTLE
27 miles from Staunton Parish
'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
27 miles from Staunton Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
Churches in Staunton Parish
St Mary Anglican Church Staunton-in-the-Vale
High Street
Staunton
(01400) 281224
As of 1st February 2009 the church at Flawborough is officially closed for worship. The parish of Flawborough is now part of Staunton parish and the parish church for Flawborough residents is now St. Mary Staunton.
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Domesday Book records a church and a priest in Staunton, then called 'Stanton' but which afterwards has been called Staunton-in-the-Vale or simply 'Staunton'.
The church comprises a wide nave and north aisle, a south porch, cancel and north vestry and tower positioned at the north-east angle between nave and chancel. The core of the nave fabric probably dates from the 12th century, attested by the over restored south doorway; There is also a font dating from 12th century with intersecting arches. The north aisle piers date from 14th century and may possibly have been built after the will of Sir William Staunton made in 1312 where it stated that '...he gave liberally to ... the church and poor in his own town ...'.
The unusually positioned tower appears to be largely 14th century and has puzzling archaeological anomalies. Between nave and chancel is a rood screen from 1519.
There was a major restoration in 1853-4 by Edward Willson of Lincoln when the chancel, the nave south and west walls, and the south porch were rebuilt.
The church also contains interesting crusader monuments to the Stauntons dating from 13th and 14th centuries.
'The Church History Project - Our Churches' a comprehensive guide to the churches of Southwell & Nottingham Diocese (2013)
Pubs in Staunton Parish
Staunton Arms
Staunton In The Vale, NG13 9PE
(01400) 281218
stauntonarms.co.uk