# Stainby > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stainby > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stainby.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainby > Source revision: 1355263986 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name= Stainby, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 38280.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Stainby village | country = England | official_name= Stainby | map_alt= | coordinates = {{coord|52.796475|-0.65391|display=inline,title}} | population= | civil_parish= [Gunby and Stainby](/source/Gunby_and_Stainby) | shire_district= [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) | shire_county = [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire) | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= [Rutland and Stamford](/source/Rutland_and_Stamford) | post_town= GRANTHAM | postcode_district = NG33 | postcode_area= NG | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= SK908229 | london_distance_mi= 95 | london_direction= S }} __NOTOC__ '''Stainby''' is a village and former [civil parish](/source/civil_parish), now in the parish of [Gunby and Stainby](/source/Gunby_and_Stainby), in the [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) district of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. It is situated {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} west from the [A1 road](/source/A1_road_(Great_Britain)), {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} east from the [Viking Way](/source/Viking_Way) and the [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire) border, and {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} south from [Grantham](/source/Grantham). In 1921 the parish had a population of 117.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10452983/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Stainby CP/AP through time|publisher=[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)|accessdate=7 July 2023}} thumb|left|150px|St Peter's Church, Stainby Stainby is part of the civil parish of Gunby and Stainby, which is now administered as part of the Colsterworth district parishes.{{cite web|title=Colsterworth & District Parishes|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ColsterworthandDistrict/|publisher=Lincolnshire county council|access-date=1 June 2013|quote=Colsterworth and District Parish Council is a combined council consisting of the civil parishes of Colsterworth, (which includes the hamlet of Woolsthorpe By Colsterworth), Gunby and Stainby and recently North Witham, (which includes Lobthorpe).}} Stainby had been a parish in its own right until 1931.{{cite web|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |title=Stainby CP through time ; Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit |work=A Vision of Britain through Time. |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10452983 |access-date=8 September 2013}} Adjacent villages include [Buckminster](/source/Buckminster), [North Witham](/source/North_Witham), [Colsterworth](/source/Colsterworth), [Gunby](/source/Gunby%2C_South_Kesteven), [Sewstern](/source/Sewstern) and [Skillington](/source/Skillington). Stainby is on the [B676 road](/source/B676_road) which runs between [Melton Mowbray](/source/Melton_Mowbray) (Buckminster Road) and [Colsterworth](/source/Colsterworth) (Colsterworth Road). The road is used by [heavy goods vehicles](/source/Large_goods_vehicle) from the nearby industrial estate at [Sewstern](/source/Sewstern) and by vehicles heading from the Midlands towards [East Anglia](/source/East_Anglia);{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} an alternative route is through [Wymondham](/source/Wymondham%2C_Leicestershire) and [South Witham](/source/South_Witham).{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance survey of Great Britain |title=Grantham: Bottesford & Colsterworth |date=3 January 2006 |scale=1:25 000 |series=OS Explorer |section=247 |edition=A1 |isbn=9780319238332}} There are no shops or [public house](/source/public_house)s - the nearest are in Colsterworth. The church, on Main Road, is dedicated to St Peter. The former Stainby quarry is an event venue for vehicle [off-roading](/source/off-roading).[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102797 Stainby quarry] == History == Stainby is recorded in the 1086 ''[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)'' as "Stigandebi".{{cite book| last1 =Williams | first1 =Ann | first2=G. H. |last2=Martin | title =Domesday Book: A Complete Translation | date =24 September 2004 | publisher = Penguin| location =London | pages =929; 1403| isbn =978-0-14-143994-5 }} The remains of a Motte, probably associated with the former Manor House, stand in the village. It is known as ''{{gbmaprim|SK909226|Tower Hill}}''.{{cite web|last=Roffe|first=David|url=http://www.roffe.co.uk/earthworks/castles/stainby.htm |title=Former castle on Tower Hill}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=325490|mname=Tower Hill|accessdate=2 August 2012}} On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with [Gunby](/source/Gunby%2C_South_Kesteven) to form "Gunby and Stainby".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10452983|title=Relationships and changes Stainby CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 July 2023}} {{clear left}} ==See also== *[Stainby railway station](/source/Stainby_railway_station) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Stainby}} * [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Stainby/ "Stainby"], [Genuki](/source/Genuki) {{Portal bar|England|United Kingdom}} {{Lincolnshire|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:South Kesteven --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stainby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainby) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainby?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.