Stainsby

Stainsby
Derbyshire
Stainsby Festival
Location
Grid reference:	SK450654
Location:	53°11’2"N, 1°19’37"W
Data
Post town:	Chesterfield
Postcode:	S44
Local Government
Council:	Bolsover

Stainsby is a small village in Derbyshire. It is near Chesterfield and Bolsover, and the villages of Heath and Doe Lea. The M1 motorway skirts past the village.

The village is near the National Trust property of Hardwick Hall. In the hall's estate is Stainsby Mill, a fully working 19th-century water mill.

History

The village was known as Steinesbei in the Domesday Book where it was listed together with several manors including Beighton and Sutton Scarsdale under the lands of Roger de Poitou. It was surrounded to the north by a semi-circular moat with banks and ramparts, approximately eight feet in depth. Some of this still remains visible, although in a much reduced form. This is known as "The Earthwork".

The manor of Stainsby was owned by the Savage family, whose members played prolific roles in the king's armies and in society, for good and ill. John Savage was knighted, probably by Henry V, at Agincourt on 15 October 1415, and became a Knight of the Garter. Sir John commanded the left wing at the Battle of Bosworth. Thomas Savage was consecrated Bishop of Rochester, then London and York. One of the Savages was involved in the Babington Plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne. Along with the Babington family of Dethick, their deeds resulted in many of them being executed. Around 1580, the manor passed from the hands of the family, eventually being sold on to William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire.

Events

Stainsby hosts the Stainsby Festival, a folk festival which takes place in the summer. The festival celebrated its 50th year in 2018.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stainsby)

• Stainsby Festival
• Stainsby Mill: National Trust