All Saints Churchyard in Staunton (Coleford), Gloucestershire

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Staunton (Coleford), Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire GL16 8NU England

Coordinates: 51.81019, -2.65339
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Staunton is a village in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. It is located 2.5 miles east of Monmouth and 2.5 miles north west of Coleford on the border of England and Wales. The main road which passes through Staunton is the A4136 road.

The name Staunton comes from the Old English words Stane (as in Stane Street) and Tun meaning 'stony farmstead' or settlement. Stane also refers to six other significant and notable stones that lie within the parish including a rocky outcrop, called the Frog or Toad's Mouth at the west end of the village. The Long Stone, a pillar of rock or possible standing stone which may date from before 1700 BC, is visible on the Coleford road. The Broad Stone is the largest of several rocks in the fields of Broadstone farm. The Buckstone is situated nearby, as are the Suck Stone and the Near Hearkening Rock.
Staunton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one farmstead and a waste or meend. It is probable that the first Norman Lord of the manor arrived in about 1100, and a fortified manor house was built above Castle Ditch. The parish church was also initially built at this time.
In the churchyard is the grave of David Mushet (1772–1847), a noted Scottish metallurgist, who built Darkhill Ironworks and who, with his son, greatly advanced the iron and steel industries