Market Stainton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[3] The village is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Staintone", with 28 households, 80 acres (0.3 km2) of meadow, and two mills.

[4] A Tumulus, Ranby Hoe, survived until the 19th century, when it was removed to permit ploughing – on 1924 Ordnance Survey maps it is shown as Beacon Hill.

[5] The parish church, dating from the 13th century, is a Grade II listed building dedicated to St Michael, and built of greenstone, limestone and red brick.

[7] Market Stainton Hall is a Grade II listed brick-built country house.