Stainfield

Stainfield is a village and civil parish about 10 miles east of the city of Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district of , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 189.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bardney Abbey and Stainfield Priory.

Monastery
in , , was a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Æthelred of Mercia, who was to become the first abbot. The monastery was supposedly destroyed during a Danish raid in 869.

Monastery
was a Benedictine nunnery at in the North of , , between and . The priory of St Mary at Stainfield was the only nunnery of the Benedictine order in Lincolnshire.

Church
St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of in , England. It is one of the oldest buildings in the village and the only one with Grade I listed status. is situated 2½ miles south of Stainfield.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bardney and Wragby.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of , England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 at the 2011 census. is situated 2 miles south of Stainfield.

Town
is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of , England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 and A158 roads, and approximately 10 miles north-west from Horncastle and about 11 miles north-east of . is situated 3½ miles north of Stainfield.

Stainfield

Latitude
53.2419° or 53° 14′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.3336° or 0° 20′ 1″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C5X6MR8+PH
Geo­Names ID
7295577
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