OS grid reference TF174942 Country England Post town Market Rasen Shire county Lincolnshire Civil parish Thoresway | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district LN8 District West Lindsey UK parliament constituency Gainsborough | |
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Stainton le Vale is a village in the civil parish of Thoresway (where the population is included) in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east from the town of Market Rasen and about 6 miles south-east from the town of Caistor. It is a former civil parish and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Map of Stainton le Vale, Market Rasen, UK
In the 1086 Domesday Book it is named "Staintone", with 39 households, land and a mill.
The parish church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to Saint Andrew and dating from 1300. It was restored in 1886, and again in 1914 after falling into ruin in the 17th century.
Stainton le Vale CE School was recognised as a Church of England public elementary school in 1873; it appears to have closed in the summer of 1934.