The settlement of Stainton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Stainton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent stone (ON steinn). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the stone farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Stainton.

Listed Buildings Near Stainton

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Stainton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Stainton Old Hall and Adjoining House - 0.1 km

Stainton Today

Today Stainton lies within the administrative area of Urswick.

Read more about modern Stainton with Adgarley on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

Bolton Farm - 1.0 km E
Dendron - 2.0 km S
Crivelton - 2.2 km SW
Dalton in Furness - 2.2 km NW
Wart - 2.2 km NW
Gleaston - 2.2 km SE

Heritage Around Stainton

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.

Stainton in the Domesday Book (1086)