standingby

Updated: May 3, 2025

There was no hospital nearer than the county hospital at Highcombe, and the "Union" was in the parish of Standingby, six miles off, too far to be visited; neither had it become the fashion then to visit hospitals and workhouses. The poor of the village were poor neighbours. The sick were nursed, with more or less advantage, at home.

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - A Country Gentleman and his Family