STAUNTON, a parish forming, with the parishes
of Chaseley and Eldersfield, a distinct portion of the
lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of
WORCESTER, 6 miles (N.E. by E.) from Newent, containing
308 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the
king's books at £ 11. 5., and in the patronage of Joseph
Hill, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. James, is partly
in the decorated, and partly in the later, style of English
architecture, with a tower and spire.