STAINTON, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL. West riding
of the county of YORK, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Doncaster,
containing, with the township of Hellaby, 218
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £5. 15., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of
the Earl of Scarborough. The church is dedicated to
St. Winifred.