Where is Staunton on Arrow?

Staunton on Arrow is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2400°, -2.9560°.

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Staunton on Arrow

Staunton on Arrow in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Staunton on Arrow is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Staunton on Arrow is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. The village is 17 miles (27 km) north-west of Hereford and 8 miles (13 km) to the west of Leominster. Within the parish is the site of the Iron Age hill fort of Wapley Hill.

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History

Staunton derives from the Old English 'stān' with 'tūn' meaning"farmstead on stony ground, or one near a standing stone". It was written as 'Stantun' in 938, and as 'Stantune' in the Domesday Book of 1086. 'Arrow' is a Celtic word meaning 'swift'. Listed in Domesday are three manors within today's Staunton on Arrow parish area, two at Staunton, and one at Wapley, all in the Hundred of Hezetre whose Old English name, 'haeseltreo', means "hazel tree". The manors were in the border lands of the Welsh Marches. One manor at Staunton and the manor of Wapley were, by 1086, owned by Osbern fitzRichard (Osbern son of Richard), who was tenant-in-chief to king William I. Staunton, owned by Seisyll in…

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