STAINBY, a parish in the wapentake of BELTISLOE, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 2 miles (W. S.W.) from Colsterworth, containing 158 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Gunby annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 6. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Earl of Harborough. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.