Little Stainton

The hamlet
Population	193 (2011)
Unitary authority	Darlington
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stockton-on-Tees
Postcode district	TS21
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East

Little Staintonis a village in the borough ofDarlingtonand theceremonial countyof County Durham,England. It is a township in the parish ofBishopton, County Durham,situated a few miles west ofStockton-on-Tees.It is ahamlet,consisting of houses and farms that have no local service facilities.On one side of the street, a stream—Bishopton Beck—runs along the bottom of the gardens.

History

It is rumoured that the lastwitch in England was to be hangedin Little Stainton.

For much of its history Little Stainton was part of the parish of Bishopston.This means that it did not have its own parish church and instead the inhabitants would have journeyed to Bishopston to attend religious services. In the medieval period (1066 to 1540) Little Stainton was larger than it is now. The sites of some of the buildings can still be seen as earthworks. Although, the remains are excellent, some were destroyed in 1991–2. Archaeologists recorded some medieval pottery on the site after the ploughing. In the area around Manor Farm a number of fragments of 10th and 11th century pottery have also been discovered. These suggest that the village probably had an Anglo-Saxon origin; a possibility also reflected in its name: 'Stainton' means 'stoney farm' in Old English.

Until around 1960, Little Stainton consisted of a group of individual farms, to which was added a set of fourcouncil houseswith agricultural dwelling restrictions. In the late 1980s, planning permission was granted for a series of private dwellings that have transformed Little Stainton into a ruralagglomerationof dwellings, within which the farms now constitute a minority. Although much of the land around the dwellings is owned by the farms, many of the private dwellings have a substantial amount of land, ranging from 2 acres (8,100 m²) to about 5 acres (20,000 m²).

Demographics

Main article:Demographics of Tees Valley

From the Census 2011 the population of Little Stainton has included that ofGreat Staintonand was 193.

See also

• Listed buildings in Bank Newton

• 
  The upper street

External links

Media related toLittle Staintonat Wikimedia Commons