STANDISH, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of WHITSTONE, county of GLOUCESTER,
6 miles (N. W.) from Stroud, containing 525 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at
£44. 2. 85., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Gloucester. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is
principally in the decorated style of English architecture.