Lenton, Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 52°51′32″N 0°28′44″W / 52.859°N 0.479°W
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 St Peter's Church, Lenton |
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 Lenton
Lenton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF025305 |
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| Civil parish | Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG33 4 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
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Lenton is a hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south-east from Grantham, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby civil parish.
Village
The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton.[1] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Lavintone".[2]
Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter.[3][4]
The ecclesiastical parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes[5] in the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln.[6] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was The Revd Richard Ireson,[7] who was succeeded by The Revd Mike Doyle in 2012.[8]
The village erected a new Lychgate to mark the Millennium.[4] A previous exhibition to raise funds for the church, The Host of Angels Experience, returned in 2012.[4][8]
Lavington Lake is a local fishing facility.[1]
There are other hamlets in the area such as Hanby, Keisby Osgodby and Pickworth. Larger villages close by include Ropsley, Folkingham and Ingoldsby.[9]
Lost Villages
The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north-east.[10][11]
South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby whose name survives in the name of the parish.[12]
Notable people
- Edward Bradley – vicar of Lenton in the 1870s, writer and illustrator of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green.[citation needed]
References
- ^ MILLS, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names.
- ^ "Domesday Maps Online". contains a facsimili of the Domesday Book entry
- ^ "National Monument Record for the church".
- ^ a b c "Web site of St Peter's Church".
- ^ "St. Peter's Church, Lenton", Northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ "Lenton P C C"; Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ a b "North Beltisloe web site".
- ^ OSGB (2006). Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton (Map). 1:25000. OS Explorer Map (3 ed.). p. 248. ISBN 978-0-319-23811-0. http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/bourne-and-heckington/pid-9780319238110. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ "Pastscape". Little Lavington or Lenton. English Heritage. 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Little Lavington: TF030310"; Gridreferencefinder.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012
- ^ "Pastscape". Osgodby. English Heritage. 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
