Staindrop
Coordinates: 54°34′N 1°48′W / 54.567°N 1.800°W
Staindrop is a village and civil parish east of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. The population at the 2011 census was 1,310.[1]
The village has one of the long greens typical of County Durham.
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Mary are Anglo-Saxon, built in the 10th or 11th century. The church contains monuments including effigies of members of the Neville family.
Raby Castle and its gardens are in Staindrop. The castle is the home of John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard.
About 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the village is Raby Old Lodge, a medieval tower house built probably for the Neville family of Raby Castle. It was restored in the 19th century and now used as holiday accommodation.
The Deanery is home to Major William Kemp Trotter, a former Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham, and his wife Mary Holcroft.
The village has a number of locally-owned businesses including a local newsagent, the Cutting Room and a tea shop. It has a small industrial estate that is used by mainly local businesses such as joiners and plumbers.
Staindrop has two schools: Staindrop Church of England Primary School and Staindrop School (secondary). It has three pubs: the Black Swan, the Royal Oak, in the centre of the village and the Wheatsheaf Inn, which villagers commonly refer to as the "Top House".
Thomas Pynchon's historical fiction novel Mason & Dixon mentions Staindrop as containing Jeremiah Dixon's favourite public house.
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- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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