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Stainfield, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Stainfield, a parish in Lincolnshire, 2½ miles N by W of Bardney Junction station on the Lincoln and Boston branch of the G.N.R., and 9 E by S of Lincoln. Post town and money order office, Wragby; telegraph office, Bardney. Acreage, 2102; population, 167. The manor belongs to the Drake family. A Benedictine nunnery was founded in the time of Henry II. by Henry Percy. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £77. The church was rebuilt in 1711, and is a building of brick and stone consisting of nave and bell-turret only.

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 
Poor Law unionLincoln 
WapentakeWraggoe 

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 Stainfield:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1680-19111771-17711685-19111680-1812

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 Stainfield from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Stainfield 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:

DistrictWest Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN8
Post TownMarket Rasen

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