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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stainton like this:
STAINTON-WITH-STREATLAM, a township in Gainford parish, Durham; 2 miles NE of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 2,907. Real property, £3,146; of which £40 are in quarries. Pop., 351. Houses, 69. Streatlam-Castle was built in the 13th century, by Sir G. Trayre; passed to the family of Bowes; was rebuilt in 1450, by the first Sir W. Bowes; was new-fronted and modernized, in 1708-10, by another Sir W. Bowes; and contains a fine collection of pictures.
Stainton is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stainton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stainton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2779
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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