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Saundby | |
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Hamlet and civil parish | |
![]() St Martin's church, Saundby | |
Parish map | |
Location within
Nottinghamshire | |
Area | 2.24 sq mi (5.8 km2) |
Population | 88 (2021) |
• Density | 39/sq mi (15/km2) |
OS grid reference | SK 7854587981 |
• London | 130 mi (210 km) SSE |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Retford |
Postcode district | DN22 |
Dialling code | 01427 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website |
www.beckinghamcum |
Saundby is a hamlet and civil parish in Nottinghamshire two miles west of Gainsborough. Although it comes under Beckingham cum Saundby parish council, by 2011 it had become a separate civil parish in its own right. The parish is bordered on one side by the River Trent. The village Church of St Martin was extensively restored in 1885. [1]
Saundby Origin – Saun+by (+by – farmstead of) Danish origin, possibly when the Danes travelled inland up the River Idle and settled in the area). Saundby is a small hamlet adjoining Beckingham with a population reported in the census of 2021 of 88. [2] [3] Saundby was a village of farmstead and small holdings. At one point a cheese farm existed as a way of dealing with excess milk that arose when the school canteens were closed.
The very small population of around 100 people [4] in Saundby has had little or no change in the last 50 years. The population was measured at 165 at the 2011 census (including Beckingham), [5] [6] and 88 for the 2021 census. [3]
A worker with Eve Transmission, 33 year old Jeremy Dunn, fell to his death from an electrical 400kV transmission tower on Tuesday 22 June 1993, north of West Burton power station. [7] [8] The electrical transmission line lies to the east of the village.