Staunton may refer to:
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Staunton, Ontario
Staunton is an unincorporated place and railway point in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Savant Lake to the west and Flindt Landi ...
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Staunton Street
Staunton Street () is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Together with the upper section of Elgin Street, it is the heart of the Soho entertainment area, featuring a number of restaurants, bars and shops. It w ...
on Hong Kong Island
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Staunton (near Coleford)
Staunton is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England, close to the border with Wales.
Location
Staunton is 2.5 miles east of Monmouth and 2.5 miles north west of Coleford in the Forest of Dean, ...
, a village in the west part of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
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Staunton (near Gloucester)
Staunton is a village that lies close to the village of Corse. Staunton is eight miles north of the city of Gloucester. To the south-west of Staunton is the River Leadon. It is on the A417 road.
History
Staunton used to lie in the county of W ...
, a village in Gloucestershire, near the border with Worcestershire
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Staunton, Nottinghamshire
Staunton (also known as Staunton-in-the-Vale) is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the Vale of Belvoir and shares it with the local Staunton family, which has ...
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Staunton on Arrow
Staunton on Arrow is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. The village is north-west of Hereford and to the west of Leominster. Within the parish is the site of the Iron Age hill fort of Wapley Hill.
History
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, Herefordshire
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Staunton on Wye
Staunton on Wye is a relatively unpopulated civil parish in West Herefordshire, which is perhaps one of the most uninhabited locations of England. The parish of Staunton, which includes Moorhampton and Bredwardine, is a key player in trading in ...
, Herefordshire
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Staunton, Illinois
Staunton is the second largest city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 5,054.
History
Name origins
A man named Stanton bought land in the area, and then decided to move on and gave the land to ...
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Staunton Township, Illinois
Staunton Township (S T7N R6W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, an ...
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Staunton, Indiana
Staunton is a town in Posey Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. The population was 534 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Staunton had its start in the year 1851 by the building of ...
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Staunton, Ohio
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Staunton Township, Ohio
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Staunton, Virginia
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Staunton Natural Area, a protected area of Staunton State Park, Colorado
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Staunton State Park, Colorado
*Staunton River, a portion of the
Roanoke River
The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the App ...
in central Virginia
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Staunton (surname) Staunton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* George Leonard Staunton, English botanist
* Sir George Thomas Staunton, English traveller and orientalist
* Henry Staunton (businessman), British businessman
* Henry de Staunton, ...
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Staunton chess set
The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, recommended for use in competition by FIDE, the international chess governing body.
The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named afte ...
, a set of chessmen
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Stanton (disambiguation) Stanton may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
;Populated places
* Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote
* Stanton, Gloucestershire
* Stanton, Northumberland
* Stanton, Staffordshire
* Stanton, Suffolk
* New Stanton, Derbyshire
* Stanton by Brid ...
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Saunton
Saunton is a village located approximately two miles from Braunton on the North Devon coast in the South West of England.
Several kilometres long, the village borders Braunton Burrows, the heart of North Devon's Biosphere Reserve, the first ...
, a village in Devon, England
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Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by t ...
, a town in Somerset, England
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