Bainton is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately south-west of

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on the A614 road. According to the

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, Bainton parish had a population of 334, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 282. The parish covers an area of . Bainton was served by Bainton railway station on the Selby to Driffield Line between 1890 and 1954. Bainton Grade I listed

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church is dedicated to

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. '' Pevsner'' noted that the church was totally rebuilt in the 1330s or 1340s by the rector William de Brocklesby, except for the south-west corner of the

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with its priest's doorway, which are . Until 1715 the tower supported a spire. The

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is Norman, and the pews 18th century. A tomb to Sir Edmund de Mauley lies in the south

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; Steward to Edward II of England">Edward II, died at the Battle of Bannockburn">.html" ;"title="Lord_Steward.html" ;"title="e Mauley, Lord Steward">Steward to Edward II of England">Edward II, died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314]. The tomb has an ogee canopy, crocketed gable and flying angels holding the soul of Sir Edmund in a napkin. There is also a Monumental brass, brass to Roger Godeale, died 1429. A south porch and

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were added by Henry Wheatley in 1843, and a restoration carried out by "Fowler of Louth" in 1866. The church's listed rectory, south of the church, is of late Georgian period. According to ''Pevsner'' a local tradition connects the rectory's

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garden with Paxton The rectory's coach house and stables are also listed buildings.

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