SAUNDBY, a parish in the North-clay division of
the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM,
2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Gainsborough, containing
101 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in
the king's books at £ 14. 8. 6-., and in the patronage of
Lord Viscount Midleton. The church, dedicated to St.
Martin, is in the later style of English architecture, with
portions of an earlier date.