Painsthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located about 1 mile east of the village of Kirby Underdale, the area i…Painsthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located about 1 mile east of the village of Kirby Underdale, the area is remote – the nearest settlement of any size is the small town of Pocklington some 5 miles to the south. It forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale and was the site of Painsthorpe Abbey, an Anglican Benedictine monastery.