Where is Little Stainton?

Little Stainton is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5730°, -1.4620°.

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Little Stainton

Little Stainton in England North East, United Kingdom.

Postbox on Folly Bank at Little Sainton - geograph.org.uk - 6613891 — Ian S — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Little Stainton is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Little Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is a township in the parish of Bishopton, County Durham, situated a few miles west of Stockton-on-Tees. It is a hamlet, consisting of houses and farms that have no local service facilities. On one side of the street, a stream—Bishopton Beck—runs along the bottom of the gardens.

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Background

History

It is rumoured that the last witch in England was to be hanged in Little Stainton. For much of its history Little Stainton was part of the parish of Bishopston. This means that it did not have its own parish church and instead the inhabitants would have journeyed to Bishopston to attend religious services. In the medieval period (1066 to 1540) Little Stainton was larger than it is now. The sites of some of the buildings can still be seen as earthworks. Although, the remains are excellent, some were destroyed in 1991–2. Archaeologists recorded some medieval pottery on the site after the ploughing. In the area around Manor Farm a number of fragments of 10th and 11th century pottery have also…

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