In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanford on Soar like this:
STANFORD-UPON-SOAR, a parish in the district of Loughborough and county of Nottingham; 1¼ mile N of Loughborough r. station. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 1,490. Real property, £2,956. Pop., 120. Houses, 24. The manor, with S. Park, belongs to the Rev. S. V. Dashwood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £435.* Patron, the Rev. S. V. Dashwood. The church is old.
Stanford on Soar through time
Stanford on Soar is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stanford on Soar itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanford on Soar, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7761
Date accessed: 23rd April 2025
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