Great Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and ceremonial county of County Durham, England.[1] It is situated to the north of Darlington, and to the west of Stockton-on-Tees. Elstob is a hamlet, just north of Great Stainton, which is part of the Parish of Great Stainton.[2] The population as taken at the Census 2011 was less than 100. Details are now maintained in the parish of Little Stainton.