| Country: | England | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.382°N -0.82°W | ||||||
| Official Name: | Saundby | ||||||
| Static Image Name: | Saundby, St Martin's church (41469752001).jpg | ||||||
| Population: | 88 | ||||||
| Population Ref: | (2021) | ||||||
| Shire District: | Bassetlaw | ||||||
| Shire County: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
| Region: | East Midlands | ||||||
| Constituency Westminster: | Bassetlaw | ||||||
| Post Town: | Retford | ||||||
| Postcode Area: | DN | ||||||
| Postcode District: | DN22 | ||||||
| Os Grid Reference: | SK 7854587981 | ||||||
| Type: | Hamlet and civil parish | ||||||
| Static Image Caption: | St Martin's church, Saundby | ||||||
| Static Image 2 Caption: | Parish map | ||||||
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| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.24 | ||||||
| Dial Code: | 01427 | ||||||
| London Direction: | SSE | ||||||
| London Distance Mi: | 130 |
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] 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[3] 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),[4] [5] and 88 for the 2021 census.
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.[6] [7] The electrical transmission line lies to the east of the village.