STAUNTON, a parish forming, with the parishes of Chaseley and Eldersfield, a distinct portion of the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (N.E. by E.) from Newent, containing 308 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £11. 5., and in the patronage of Joseph Hill, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. James, is partly in the decorated, and partly in the later, style of English architecture, with a tower and spire.