STAINTON, a parish in the western division of the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Hemlington, Ingleby-Barwick, Maltby, Stainton, and Thornaby, and containing 968 inhabitants, of which number, 356 are in the township of Stainton, 5 miles (N. W by N.) from Stokesley. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Thornaby annexed, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £5. 14. 2., and in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, partially repaired and modernised about 1820. Six poor children are taught for a rentcharge of five guineas, the gift of Mary Burdon, in 1817.