STANFORD-upon-SOAR, a parish in the southern
division of the wapentake of RUSHCLIFFE, county of
NOTTINGHAM, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Loughborough,
containing 160 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £9. 7. 6., and in the patronage
of the Rev. S. F. Dashwood. The church is de.-
dicated to St. John the Baptist. The river Trent enters
the county here, and runs through the parish. Roman
coins have been discovered.