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Barrowby
Barrowby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west of Grantham. It overlooks the Vale of Belvoir and has a Grade I listed building, listed parish church. The hamlet of Casthorpe is part of the parish. The 2001 Census listed 795 households and a population of 1,996, which fell to 840 households with 1,952 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It was estimated at 1,986 in 2019. Etymology The first written records for Barrowby appear in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086, in which the village is referred to as "Bergebi". This is thought to derive from the North Germanic languages, Scandinavian languages' ''berg-by'' meaning village by the hill. History The Domesday Book record shows there was a church with a priest and of meadow. The village belonged until the 19th century to the historical hundred (county subdivision), wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo. The ''Domesday'' village of Casthorpe is west from Barrowby. By the 14th cent ...
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Barrowby Lincolnshire,All Saints Church
Barrowby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west of Grantham. It overlooks the Vale of Belvoir and has a Grade I listed parish church. The hamlet of Casthorpe is part of the parish. The 2001 Census listed 795 households and a population of 1,996, which fell to 840 households with 1,952 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It was estimated at 1,986 in 2019. Etymology The first written records for Barrowby appear in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086, in which the village is referred to as "Bergebi". This is thought to derive from the Scandinavian languages' ''berg-by'' meaning village by the hill. History The Domesday Book record shows there was a church with a priest and of meadow. The village belonged until the 19th century to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo. The ''Domesday'' village of Casthorpe is west from Barrowby. By the 14th century it was referred to in records as two holdings, East and West Casth ...
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Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580. The town is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of South Kesteven District. Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Isaac Newton was educated at the King's School. The town was the workplace of the UK's first warranted female police officer, Edith Smith in 1914. The UK's first running diesel engine was made there in 1892 and the first tractor in 1896. Thomas Paine worked there as an excise officer in the 1760s. The villages of Manthorpe, Great Gonerby, Barrowby, Londonthorpe and Harlaxton form outlying suburbs of the town. Etymology Grantham's name is first attested in the Domesday Book (1086); ...
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Casthorpe
Casthorpe is hamlet in the civil parish of Barrowby and the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. It is south-southwest from the city and county town of Lincoln, England, Lincoln, west from Grantham town centre, and west from Barrowby village. History There are two medieval sites at Casthorpe, defining the two former settlements of East and West Casthorpe, both recorded in 14th-century subsidy rolls. East Casthorpe (), with no evidence apart from earlier maps, was sited at or around Casthorpe Lodge. West Casthorpe (), was sited at Casthorpe House Farm, evidenced by aerial photographs faintly showing Earthwork (archaeology), earthworks, Enclosure (archaeology), enclosures, Ridge and furrow, ridges and furrows, cropmarks, a possible moat, and possible croft (land), crofts. Both settlements are mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', listed as "Caschingetorp", "Chaschingetorp", "Chaschintorp" and "Kaschingetorp" as four probable manors covering the Casthorpe settlement. ...
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Sedgebrook
Sedgebrook is an English village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It lies on the A52 road, west of Grantham. Its population, given as 372 in 2001, fell by the 2011 census to 355, and was estimated to be 347 in 2019. Heritage Sedgebrook is mentioned in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as Sechebroc in the wapentake of Winnibriggs. The name Robert Malet and three mills are noted. Sechebroc means "Brook where sedge grows", from OE secg "sedge" and brôc "a brook" The parish church of St Lawrence is a largely 15th-century building with an early 13th-century north arcade and a 14th-century chancel arch. A pamphlet history of the church appeared in 1980 and was republished in 1990. The church is the only Grade I listed building in the village. Sedgebrook Manor House is Grade II* listed, and three other houses and three architectural features are Grade II. The church shares a priest with Foston, West Allington and Long Bennington. The Grantham Canal passe ...
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South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford. The 2011 census reports 133,788 people at 1.4 per hectare in 57,344 households. The district borders the counties of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. It is also bounded by the Lincolnshire districts of North Kesteven and South Holland. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Grantham and Stamford, along with Bourne Urban District, South Kesteven Rural District, and West Kesteven Rural District. Previously the district was run by Kesteven County Council, based in Sleaford. Geography South Kesteven borders North Kesteven to the north, as far east as Horbling, where the A52 crosses the South Forty-Foot Drain. From there south it borders South Holland along the South ...
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Denton, Lincolnshire
Denton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 273 at the 2011 census. It is situated approximately both south-west of Grantham and west from the A1 road. History The Denton name derives from the Old English 'dene+tun', meaning "village in a valley," but in ''Domesday'' it is written as "Dentune". Denton is the site of an ancient Roman settlement. It may also be a site of the Beaker culture, based on some archeological finds made. Iron industry Iron ore was quarried in the parish from about 1888 onwards. Quarrying began north of Woolsthorpe Road close to the boundary with Woolsthorpe ,continuing south of the road and finishing there in 1910. The ore was taken by narrow gauge tramway to the Great Northern Railway branch at Woolsthorpe. Quarrying began again in 1918 close to the Harston road and the boundary with Harston in Leicestershire. Until 1930 this was south of the road. By 1918 ...
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Sleaford And North Hykeham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sleaford and North Hykeham is a parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England which elects a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented since 2016 by Dr Caroline Johnson, who is a member of the Conservative Party. The seat was created in 1997 and has always been represented by Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Conservative Party; like all British constituencies, it elects one candidate by the first-past-the-post voting system. Johnson became the MP for the constituency after a by-election in December 2016, following the resignation of the previous MP for the seat, Stephen Phillips. The constituency is considered a safe seat for the Conservatives. Boundaries 1997–2010: The District of North Kesteven except for the ward of Bracebridge Heath, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Ermine, Heath, Loveden, Saxonwell, and Witham Valley. 2010–present: The District of North Kesteven wards of Ashby de ...
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Harlaxton
Harlaxton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir and just off the A607, south-west from Grantham and north-east from Melton Mowbray. History Aerial photography has revealed that Harlaxton was the site of a unique neolithic long barrow enclosure that formed a cursus, believed to have been made of multiple rows of standing wooden columns. Dilwyn Jones has speculated that the form of the complex indicates that Harlaxton was an important inter-regional link during the neolithic period. The village is mentioned in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Herlavestune". The name derives from the Old English Herelaf+tun, meaning "estate or farm of Herelaf". In 1740 a burial urn was uncovered in the village containing Roman coins. The history of Harlaxton village is tied to that of Harlaxton Manor. The original manor house dated from the 14th century and stood south of the church off Rectory Lan ...
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street, the modern A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road. Leicestershire takes its name from the city of Leicester located at its centre and unitary authority, administered separately from the rest of the county. The ceremonial county – the non-metropolitan county plus the city of Leicester – has a total population of just over 1 million (2016 estimate), more than half of which lives in the Leicester Urban Area. History Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book in four wapentakes: Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote, and Gartree (hundred), Gartree. These later became hundred ...
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Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent, north-west of Lincoln, south-west of Scunthorpe, 20 miles south-east of Doncaster and east of Sheffield. It is England's furthest inland port at over 55 miles (90 km) from the North Sea. History King Alfred, Sweyn Forkbeard and Cnut the Great The place-name Gainsborough first appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 1013, as ''Gegnesburh'' and ''Gæignesburh''. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as ''Gainesburg'': Gegn's fortified place. It was one of the capital cities of Mercia in the Anglo-Saxon period that preceded Danish rule. Its choice by the Vikings as an administrative centre was influenced by its proximity to the Danish stronghold at Torksey. In 868 King Alfred married Ealhswith (Ealswitha), daughter of Æt ...
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Cottam, Nottinghamshire
Cottam is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire 8 miles east of Retford within the Bassetlaw district. The name is pronounced 'Cotum' locally. The population of the civil parish in the 2011 Census was given as 108. To the south of the village is Cottam Power Station with 8 cooling towers, built between 1964 and 1968. Cottam is also close to Sundown Adventureland. History Cottam is described in the Domesday Book as comprising 8 households. Its Lord was Hardwulf of Cottam (also spelt Hardulf, Hardul and Heardwulf) in 1086 (before the Conquest) and Fulco of Lisors (after the Conquest). The tenant in chief in 1086 was Roger de Bully (Roger de Busli), who was given extensive lands in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Strafforth wapentake of Yorkshire that had previously belonged to a variety of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Lords. Fulco of Lisors was known as 'Roger's Man' and was an important tenant of Roger of Bully. He was a witness of Roger of Bully's charter founding ...
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