A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STAINTON, a township in Stockton district, and a parish partly also in Stokesley district, and all in N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 4½ miles ENE of Yarm r. station, and has a post-office under Stockton. Acres, 2,820; of which 578 are water. Real property, £2,759. Pop., 357. Houses, 81. The parish includes four other townships, and comprises 7,744 acres. Pop. in 1851, 2,485; in 1861, 3,858. Houses, 757. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £323.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good. The p. curacy of Thornaby is a separate benefice. There are a national school and some charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stokesley RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Stainton |
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