Stainforth's history may be traced back to in the area of 600, when a vicinity was utilized as a crossing on top a River Don - hence its original name of 'Stony Ford'.

Additional recently, Stainforth was a mining village, by using the Hatfield Main Colliery at its centre. A pit was open for within Lxxx years, from either once it entered fully production in 1921 up to it closing in August 2001.

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