Stainton with Adgarley is a small village in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, England. It is situated about 5 miles from
Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness is a town and former civil parish in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827. It is located north east of Barrow-in-Furness.
History
Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, wr ...
. It is a small farming community and is served by the Urswick Bardsea and Stainton Parish Council.
There were once two villages, ''Stainton'' and ''Adgarley''. The Stainton name comes from the original ''Steintun''. Adgarley was once called ''Eadgarlith''. Each has its own village green.
It contains a limestone quarry called Stainton Quarry, worked since before 1900.
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Urswick(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
South Lakeland District
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