Place:Stainborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameStainborough
Alt namesStainbrough
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.516667°N 1.3°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inSouth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoSilkstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish of which it was a part circa 1820
Barnsley Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1938
Penistone Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1938-1974
Barnsley (metropolitan borough), South Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


GENUKI states that in 1822, Stainborough or Stainbrough was in the parish of Silkstone and in the wapentake of Staincross. When rural districts were established in 1894, Stainborough was located in the Barnsely Rural District. This district was abolished in 1938 and at that date Stainborough was transferred to Penistone Rural District.

Stainborough became a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England in 1974. At the 2001 census it had a population of 399.

The names Stainborough and Stainbrough appear to be used interchangeably.

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Wentworth Castle

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Wentworth Castle is a grade-I listed country house, the former seat of the Earls of Strafford, at Stainborough, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is now home to the Northern College for Residential and Community Education.

An older house existed on the estate, then called Stainborough, when it was purchased by Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby (later Earl of Strafford), in 1708. It was still called Stainborough in Jan Kip's engraved bird's-eye view of parterres and avenues, 1714, and in the first edition of Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715. The name was changed in 1731. The original name survives in the form of Stainborough Castle, a sham ruin constructed as a garden folly on the estate.

The estate was in the care of the Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust from 2001 to June 2019 and was open to the public year-round seven days a week. Despite massive restoration, the castle gardens were closed to the public in 2017 amidst a funding crisis. In September 2018 it was announced that the National Trust planned to enter into a new partnership with Northern College and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to reopen the gardens and parkland to the public. The gardens and parkland reopened to the public on 8 June 2019.

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Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Stainborough. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Stainbrough (note spelling).
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Silkstone provides a list of useful resources for the local area.


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