Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Stainton-by-Langworth, a village and a township, forming with the township of Newball and the hamlet of Reasby .a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Langworth, 7 miles NE from Lincoln, 5 W from Wragby, and 2 N from Langworth station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R. Post town, Lincoln; money order office, Scothern; telegraph office, Langworth. Acreage of the township, 1413; population, 120. The manor, with all the land, belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £180 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church is a small building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, and bell-turret only.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Stainton-by-Langworth St. John the Baptist | |
Poor Law union | Lincoln | |
Wapentake | Wraggoe |
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 Stainton By Langworth:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1783-1911 | 1756-1863 | 1783-1911 |
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 Stainton by Langworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stainton-By-Langworth (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Stainton by Langworth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: