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Market Stainton, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Market Stainton, a parish in Lincolnshire, 2 miles SE from Donington station on the Lincoln and Louth sectionof the G.N.R., and 8 N by W from Horncastle. It was once a market-town, and had a yearly fair, but the market long ago became obsolete, and the fair was sold and removed to Horncastle in 1768. Post town and money order office, Lincoln; telegraph office, Donnington station. Acreage, 1204; population, 123. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £77. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Decorated style.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishMarket Stainton St. Michael 
Poor Law unionHorncastle 
WapentakeGartree 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Market Stainton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1689-1911 1690-18361689-1910

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Market Stainton from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Market Stainton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN8
Post TownMarket Rasen

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