It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west from the town of Louth, and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from the village of Donington on Bain.

This is thought to be a variant of the Old English Stāninga-hōh, meaning 'the spur of a hill' (hōh) of 'the people at a stone' (Stāninga).

[2] The parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and is a Grade II listed building dating from 1892.

There is a monument to Sir John Guevara, died 1607, of white, grey and orange streaked alabaster and a black marble inscription plaque to Francis Velles de Guevara, died 1592.

[3] The village is probably best known for RAF Stenigot, a Chain Home radar station during the Second World War[4] and later as a NATO ACE High station, with four tropospheric scatter parabolic dishes, three of which now removed for their scrap value.