St Winifrid's Church is delighted to announce that a new Vicar will be joining the Parish during March. Chris Betson, currently Curate of St James' Church, Anston, along with his wife Laura and son Ted will be moving to be joint Vicar of St Winifrid's and St Mary's, Tickhill sometime after Easter.

We look forward to welcoming the family to our community.

A new bus service will begin operating on the 31st January 2012.

It will run from Tickhill to Stainton, then onto Doncaster via Braithwell, Micklebring, Clifton, Conisborough and Balby. It will be service 304, although there is no display header on the front of the bus.

The bus, operated by Doncaster Community Transport, will run on Tuesdays and Fridays, with the bus leaving Tickhill at 10:30am arriving in Doncaster at 11:20am.  The return journey leaves Doncaster at 14:10pm and will arrive in Tickhill at 14:55.

The service is a Mini-bus with tail-lift for a disabled person in wheelchair.

During the early part of the last century, Ralph Vaughn Williams was travelling the country in search of local folk songs.  He stayed in Stainton during this time as a guest of the Rev Gatty.

Whilst at the Vicarage he was given two songs by John Thomas, which included a Christmas Carol not recorded anywhere else in the country.

So, we have a unique Christmas Carol, from 1907.  See the Carol on its own page

Please be aware that thieves appear to be active in the Village. On 8th & 9th July Lead was stolen from the roof of St Winifrid's Church together with attendant damage. Additionally Heating Oil was also taken. No wish to alarm but please be vigilant. The Police visited the site today.

Welcome to our new Parish Councillors  Mrs Jean Earl and Mrs Sarah Brown, who took thir place at the Parish Council Meeting on Monday, May 16th 2011.  They will be a great asset to the Parish.

Thanks also to Mrs Kath Adey and Mrs Ann Watkins for their years of service to the community 

As we all know there are prowlers intrested in vehicles that have been spotted around the village :(, Two men in their 20's. This message is just to warn people that didn't get a letter about it

Hi everybody and welcome to the site what a good idea ! Ive lived here all my life all of 11 years lol Me and my dad Heath recently made a huge bird pie for the wildlife that visit our garden. Through the cold weather the animals barely have any food so it would be a really good idea if everyone in stainton but out more food for the wildlife. As a result the following birds have been attracted to my garden ... a pair of robins, bullfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch, bluetit,coaltit, great tit ( not my grandad lol), thrush, rewn, blackbirds,woodpecker ( on the odd occasion), sparrows, sparrow hawk , magpies and jackdaws ( greedy devils), pheasant, a greedy little squirell, and much to the annoyance of my dad there is a mole making a regular appearance in the rear lawn ( i love it ). The bird pie that we put out for the animals was made out of lots of peanuts , wild bird seed , crusts and is held together by tesco's very own lard ( yuck). The stainton quarry is a great place to walk around and i have found lots of fossils that have come from the cole mine in maltby these must be millions of years old. On a recent walk the large slurry pool looked like a seaside resort although in black lol. In recent years even i have noticed the everchanging landscape. And i am sure in time when its grassed over it will look amazing ! Please can we all keep our eyes out for flytippers and litter bugs ! If anybody needs any help cleaning out the stream in summer give me a shout and i will get my wellies out !

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