 The village does not have a separate entry in the "Domesday Book".Stainland is situated between Holywell Green to the east, to which it is conjoined, and Sowood to the south, and occupies a hilltop position at about on a spur which projects from the higher land of Pole Moor and Outlane to the south.The main road through the village is Stainland Road, the B6112.