Saundby

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Saundby
Nottinghamshire
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Bridge over Trent by Saundby
Location
Grid reference: SK785880
Location: 53°22’55"N, 0°49’12"W
Data
Population: 2,159  (2001)
Post town: Retforrd
Postcode: DN22
Local Government
Council: Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bassetlaw

Saundby is a village in Nottinghamshire two miles west of Gainsborough.

The parish is bordered on one side by the River Trent.

The village church, St Martin of Tours, was extensively restored in 1885.[1]

The name ‘Saundby’ is of Danish origin, as it contains the Scandinavian suffix ‘by’.

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References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
Footpath by Saundby
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