STAINTON (GREAT), a parish in the north-eastern
division of STOCKTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM,
comprising the townships of Elstols and Great Stainton,
and containing 154 inhabitants, of which number, 126
are in the township of Great Stainton, 7 miles (N. E.
by N.) from Darlington. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in the
king's books at £ 12. 13. 4., and in the patronage of
the Crown. The church is dedicated to All Saints. A
school was founded and endowed, in 1749, by the Rev.
Thomas Nicholson, and has since received considerable
donations, chiefly from Lord Crewe's charity. Mr. Hubbock
of Stainton-Grange gave £60 for the instruction
of three or four children from Little Stainton.