Stainton le Vale

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Stainton le Vale
Lincolnshire
St.Andrew's church, Stainton-le-Vale, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 127138.jpg
St Andrew's Church, Stainton le Vale
Location
Grid reference: TF174942
Location: 53°25’55"N, 0°14’3"W
Data
Post town: Market Rasen
Postcode: LN8
Local Government
Council: West Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Gainsborough

Stainton le Vale is a village in in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, sitting amongst in the Lincolnshire Wolds, about six miles north-east of the town of Market Rasen and about six miles south-east of Caistor.

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is named "Staintone", with 39 households, land and a mill.[1]

The parish church, St Andrew, dates from 1300. It was restored in 1886, and again in 1914 after falling into ruin in the 17th century, and is a Grade II listed building.[2]

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References

  1. le Vale Stainton le Vale in the Domesday Book
  2. National Heritage List 1063504: St Andrews, Stainton le Vale (Grade II listing)