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Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stainton is a hamlet and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in Swaledale. The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2016.[1]
Stainton | |
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Hamlet and civil parish | |
How Hill from near Stainton | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE105965 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Richmond |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
It lies close to the army training camp of Wathgill in the adjoining civil parish of Walburn. A large part of the parish consists of Ministry of Defence ranges and training areas.
It was historically a township in the parish of Downholme which was part of the Hang West wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire.[2]
Walburn became a separate civil parish in 1866.[3] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.
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