Stainton le Street, Durham
Historical Description
Stainton, Great, or Stainton-le-Street, a township and a parish in Durham. The township lies 4 miles W of Aycliffe railway station, and 6¼ NE by N of Darlington. Post town, Ferryhill; money order office, Carlton Iron Works; telegraph office, Aycliffe. Acreage, 1258; population, 88. The manor belongs to Lord Eldon. The ecclesiastical parish contains also Elstob township. Population, 147. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham; net value, £198 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1876, is in the Early English and Decorated styles, and consists of chancel, nave, and western tower with spire.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Gainford | |
Poor Law union | Teesdale | |
Ward | Darlington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
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 le Street from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stainton, with Streatlam)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Stainton le Street 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 newspapers covering county Durham online: