Stainton
STAINTON, a township, in the parish of Downholme, union of Richmond, wapentake of Hang-West, N. riding of York, 5½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Richmond; containing 47 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1840 acres of land, half of which is uninclosed: the village is situated among the fells, about a mile southward of the river Swale.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.