Stainfield

Description and Travel

Stainfield is a village and a parish 10 miles east of Lincoln, just south of Apley parish and northwest of Bardney parish. The parish covers over 2,400 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 trunk road east out of Lincoln or west out of Horncastle. Turn south at Wragby.
  
  
• There are caravan parks near the village of Southrey and northwest of Bardney.
  
  
• Check for bus service from the Lincolnshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the South West sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• A priory of Benedictine nuns was founded here in the reign of Henry II.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
  
  
• The church was fully rebuilt in 1711.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1714.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The church was in the Wraggoe rural deanery in 1912.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the South West sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Manors

• Stainfield Hall was erected by Sir Robert TYRWHITT.
  
  
• Part of the Hall was taken down in the middle of the 18th century.
  
  
• The Hall was reduced to a shell by a fire on the night of 29 December, 1855.
  
  
• A new Stainfield Hall was erected in 1856 as a stone farm residence.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1173.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #272 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the western division of the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty sessional courts.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A National School was erected here in 1840.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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