In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stainfield like this:
STAINFIELD, a parish in the district and county of Lincoln; 2¾ miles N by W of Bardney r. station, and 9 E by S of Lincoln. Post town, Wragby. Acres, 2,450. Real property, £2,277. Pop., 164. Houses, 33. The manor belongs to T. T. Drake, Esq. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by Henry Percy. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £71. Patron, T. T. Drake, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1811. There is a national school.
Stainfield through time
Stainfield is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stainfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stainfield, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13661
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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