Stainsacre

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.464077|-0.590773|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Stainsacre

| civil_parish = Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Scarborough and Whitby

| post_town = WHITBY

| postcode_district = YO22

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ915085

| static_image = Stainsacre - geograph.org.uk - 265761.jpg

| static_image_caption = Road in the village

}}

Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre in North Yorkshire on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. It lies {{convert|2|mi}} south-east of Whitby, near the A171 road.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Whitby Supplementary, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Whitby/more |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=28 February 2024}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village's population in 1809 was 144.{{cite book|title=A topographical dictionary of Yorkshire|publisher=J Langdale|author=Thomas Langdale|edition=1|year=1809|url=https://archive.org/details/atopographicald00langgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/atopographicald00langgoog/page/n75 69]}}

Stainsacre was the seat of Jonathan Sanders, a merchant.{{cite book|title=A topographical dictionary of Yorkshire|publisher=J Langdale|author=Thomas Langdale|edition=2|year=1822|url=https://archive.org/details/atopographicald01langgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/atopographicald01langgoog/page/n126 109]}} By 1884, W.H. Attley lived in Stainsacre Hall.{{cite book|title=Bradley's new guide to Whitby|year=1884|author=Thomas N. Bradley|page=39}} Stainsacre Hall was owned by Middlesbrough Borough Council and they used it as an educational and activity centre until 2010, before it was sold due to cost and dwindling numbers attending.{{cite news|last1=McKenzie|first1=Sandy|title=Stainsacre outdoor centre to close|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/stainsacre-outdoor-education-centre-close-3697010|accessdate=22 December 2015|work=Gazette Live|date=2 October 2010}}

Hawsker railway station served Stainsacre until it closed in 1965.

The Parish Church is dedicated to All Saints.