Stainton, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Stainton, a township and a parish in N.R. Yorkshire. The township lies 4½ miles from Thornaby-on-Tees railway station, 5 from Stokesley, and has a post office under Stockton-on-Tees; money order office, Marton; telegraph office, Thornaby-on-Tees. Acreage of township, 2306; population, 344. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The parish includes the townships of Ingle by Barwick, Maltby, Thornaby, and Hemlington, and the hamlet of Thornton. Population, 707. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £228 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church stands on a very ancient site and is in mixed styles, and consists of chancel, nave, transept, and turret. The living of Thornaby is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some small charities.

Administration

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

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 from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stainton (St. Peter))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Maps

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

• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette