STAINTON (MARKET), a parish in the northern
division of the wapentake of GARTREE, parts of LINDSEY,
county of LINCOLN, 7 miles (E. by N.) from
Wragby, containing 131 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Lincoln, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £200
parliamentary grant. - Dickenson, Esq. was patron in
1818. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Here
was formerly a market on Monday, and an annual fair
on October 29th,- the latter was removed to Horncastle
in 1768, the sum of £200 having been paid in compensation
to the lord of this manor.