Stainsby

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Stainsby Festival, held annually in the village every summer.

Stainsby is a small village in the English county of Derbyshire, UK. It is near to the towns of Chesterfield and Bolsover, and the villages of Heath and Doe Lea. The M1 motorway skirts past the village.

The village is located near the to the National Trust property of Hardwick Hall. In the hall's estate is Stainsby Mill, a fully working 19th century water mill.

The village was known as Steinesbei in the Domesday survey. It was surrounded to the north by a semi-circular moat with banks and ramparts, approximately eight feet in depth. Some of this still remains visible, although in a much reduced form. This is known as "The Earthwork".

The manor of Stainsby was owned by the Savage family, whose members played prolific roles in the Kings' armies and in society. John Savage was knighted, probably by Henry V, at Agincourt on 15th October, 1415, and became a Knight of the Garter. Sir John commanded the left wing at the Battle of Bosworth. Thomas Savage was consecrated Bishop of Rochester, then London and York. One of the Savages was involved in the Babbington Plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. Along with the Babbington family of Dethick, their deeds resulted in many of them being executed. Around 1580, the manor passed from the hands of the family, eventually being sold on to William Cavendish.