Staintondale

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Staintondale
Yorkshire
North Riding
Staintondale Village Hall.jpg
Staintondale village hall
Location
Grid reference: SE990985
Location: 54°22’21"N, 0°28’38"W
Data
Population: 341  (2011)
Post town: Scarborough
Postcode: YO13
Local Government
Council: North Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Scarborough and Whitby

Staintondale (or Stainton Dale) is a small village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, seven miles north-west of Scarborough town centre. The parish also includes the village of Ravenscar, two miles north of the village of Staintondale, and the whole parish lies within the North York Moors National Park.

St John the Baptist's Church

The 2011 census recorded Stainton Dale's parish population at 341.

The parish council is Staintondale Parish Council.[1]

History

Staintondale was historically a township in the ancient parish of Scalby.[2]

The village was served by Staintondale railway station on the Scarborough and Whitby Railway from 1885 until it closed in 1965.[3]

Outside links

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References

  1. "Staintondale Parish Council". http://www.staintondalepc.org.uk/. Retrieved 9 February 2013. 
  2. A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 2 pp 476-483: Parishes: Scalby (Victoria County History)
  3. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.