We could not match "GREAT STAINTON" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 13 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "GREAT STAINTON":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Billingham Beck	County Durham	Tees, S. Durham; rises near Great Stainton and flows to the Tees 2½ miles below Stockton, 11 miles long.	Bartholomew
  BILLINGHAM RIVER	County Durham	near Great Stainton; and running 11 miles eastward, past Thorpe and Billingham, to the Tees, 2½ miles below Stockton.	Imperial
  CAISTOR, or Castor	Lincolnshire	Great Grimsby, containing the parishes of Great Grimsby, Humberstone, Clee, Scartho, Waltham, Brigsley, Ashby-with-Fenby, Hawerby-with-Beesby, Newton-le-Wold, East Ravendale, Hatcliffe, Beelsby, Barnoldby-le-Beck, Irby-upon-Humber, Aylesby, Laceby, Bradley, Little Coates, Great Coates, Healing, Stallingborough, Immingham, and Habrough; and the subdistrict of Market-Rasen, containing the parishes of Market-Rasen, Middle-Rasen, West-Rasen, Usselby, Walesby, Stainton	Imperial
  DACRE	Cumberland	Stainton, Soulby, Newbiggin, and Great Blencow. Acres, 8, 205. Real property, £9, 124. Pop., 967. Houses, 191. The property	Imperial
  DONCASTER	Yorkshire	Great Northern railway, a telegraph office, two banking offices, and six chief inns; is a seat of sessions, a polling place, and a head-quarters of militia; and publishes three weekly newspapers. Markets are held on Saturdays; and fairs on 2 Feb., 5 April, 5 Aug., and 16 Nov. Extensive works of the G. N. railway are here. A large trade in corn and some manufacture of linen and sacking are carried on. Races, established in 1703, and run annually in the third week of September, have great celebrity, and draw a vast concourse. The race-course adjoins the town	Imperial
  Elstob	County Durham	Elstob , township, Great Stainton par., S. Durham, 8 miles NW. of Stockton-upon-Tees, 738 ac., pop. 74.	Bartholomew
  ELSTOB	County Durham	Great Stainton parish, Durham; on the Clarence railway, 8 miles WNW of Stockton-upon-Tees. Acres, 733. Real property, £449. Pop., 30. Houses	Imperial
  GAINFORD	County Durham	Stainton-with-Streatlam, Marwood, Pierse-Bridge, Denton, Summerhouse, Houghton-le-Side, and Bolam. Acres, 24, 145. Real property, £39, 147. of which £1, 352 are in mines, £377 in quarries, and £620 in gas-works. Pop., 7, 264. Houses, 1, 375. So many as 4, 477 of the pop. were in Barnard-Castle. The property in various parts is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Baliols, and belongs now to the Duke of Cleveland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £801.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church	Imperial
  HORNCASTLE	Lincolnshire	Stainton, Ranby, Great Sturton, Baumber, Minting, Gantby, Waddingworth, Tupholme, and Bucknall, and the extra-parochial tract of Langton-Woodhouse; the sub-district	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Great Ponton, Little Ponton, Ropsley, Sapperton, Somerby, Stroxton, and Woolsthorpe; the vicarage of Braceby; and the chapelry of Humby. The deanery of Grimsby-first contains the rectories of Beelsby, Cuxwold, Hatcliffe, Hawerby, Healing, Irby-upon-Humber, Laceby, Newton-le-Wold, Rothwell, Swal low, and Swinhope; the vicarages of Cabourn and East Ravendale; and the p. curacy of West Ravendale. The deanery of Grimsby-second contains the rectories of Ashby-with-Fenby, Barnoldby-le-Beck, Bradley, Brigsley, Great Coates, North Coates, Grainsby, Scartho, and Waltham; the vicarages of Clee, Little Coates, Great Grimsby, Holton-le-Clay, Humberstone, and Tetney	Imperial
  LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN	Lincolnshire	Great Grimsby; a line goes from Lincoln city, northeastward and northward, past Reepham, Stainton, Wickenby, Market-Rasen, Usselby, and North	Imperial
  Stainton, Great	County Durham	Stainton, Great , par. and township, Durham, 5½ miles NE. of Darlington - par., 1996 ac., pop. 172; township, 1258 ac., pop. 98.	Bartholomew
  STAINTON (Great)	County Durham	STAINTON (Great) , a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies 3½ miles W of Aycliffe	Imperial

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