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Great Stainton, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Great Stainton in County Durham, North East England, UK.

The old name for the village of Great Stainton was Stainton-le-Street. It's thought that the name for this ancient parish came from the area's old Roman road.

It is a different settlement to the larger village of Stainton, which sits on the south-west outskirts of Middlesbrough.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879


STAINTON-LE-STREET, or GREAT STAINTON, is a parish 6 miles east from Darlington and about 4 miles west from Aycliffe station, containing the townships of ELSTOB and GREAT STAINTON, in the Southern division of the county, north-east division of Stockton ward, union of Sedgefield, county court district of Stockton, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The Clarence railway extends into this township. The old Roman road from the south to Durham passed through the village. The church of All Saints, which stands west of the village, has been entirely rebuilt and is a handsome Gothic edifice of stone, of the Early English Decorated style, and consists of chancel and nave and a spire; it has an organ and was opened in 1877. The register dates from the year 1561. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, yearly value £350, with residence and held by the Rev. Thomas Lewis Trotter, M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. The Earl of Eldon is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is a strong clay; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats, peas and clover. The area is 1,570 acres; rateable value, £1,268; the population of the township in 1871 was 107.

Elstob is situated to the north of Stainton, and 7 miles north-east of Darlington. The Clarence railway extends into this township: the Earl of Eldon is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The acreage is 1,430; rateable value, £1,361; the population in 1871 was 49.

Letters through Stockton-on-Tees, via Bishopton. Carlton Iron Works is the nearest money order office.

National School (mixed), Mrs. Charles Ridley, mistress

Great Stainton.

Trotter Rev. Thos. Lewis, M.A. [rector]

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Bell Thomas, farmer, Stainton Viewley

Bowman William, King’s Arms

Bruce John, farmer, Broadlea

Cowley John, farmer, Stainton grange

Hill William, farmer & rate collector

Lowes James, cartwright

Ridley Thomas, blacksmith

Robson Benjamin, farmer

Tinkler Michael, farmer, Lee close

Turnbull John, farmer, Hauxley

Elstob.

Dobbing George, blacksmith

Gibbon John, farmer & rate collector

Low Henry, farmer

Robson Joseph, farmer, Hall

Suthren Thomas, farmer

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Location: Great Stainton, Stockton-on-Tees TS21 1NL, UK

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