Saundby

Saundby
Saundby  Saundby shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	2,159 (2001)[1]
OS grid reference	SK7854587981
District	Nottinghamshire
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DN22
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
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 lay within the civil parish of Beckingham cum Saundby. In 2011 it had become a civil parish in its own name. 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 population was measured at 165 at the 2011 census.^[5] 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

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