What is "stainmore"

Stainmore is a remote geographic area in the Pennines on the border of Cumbria, County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name is used for a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, including the villages of North Stainmore and South Stainmore. The parish had a population of 253 in the 2001 census, increasing to 264 at the Census 2011. Stainmore Forest stretches further east into County Durham, towards Bowes.

Stainmore may refer to:

• Stainmore, a remote geographic area and civil parish in the Pennines near the borders of Cumbria, County Durham and North Yorkshire.
  • North Stainmore, a village in the civil parish of Stainmore, Cumbria
  • South Stainmore, a village in Stainmore, Cumbria
• Stainmore Railway, properly known as the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
  • Stainmore Railway Company, an organisation attempting to restore the former Stainmore Railway
  • Stainmore Summit, highest point on the Stainmore Railway
• Battle of Stainmore a battle fought in 954AD in Westmoreland, England
• Brough, Cumbria also known as Brough under Stainmore