Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAINTON

STAINTON, a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles W of Tickhill, and 4¾ SE of Conisbrough r. station. It includes Hellaby hamlet, and was the place of a Roman settlement. Post town, Conisbrough, under Rotherham. Acres, 2,789. Real property, £2,871. Pop., 267. Houses, 50. Hellaby Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £168. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £26.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stainton AP/CP       Doncaster RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Stainton

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