Burton Coggles (full name Burton-le-Coggles from Byrton-en-les-Coggles) is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The population is included in the

of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe. The village is situated south from

Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish 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 (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ...

, and between the B1176 road and the

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History

The

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to St Thomas a Becket. The Diocese of Lincoln refers to it as ''St Thomas of Canterbury''. It has an Early English spire. In 1113, patronage of Burton church was gifted to Crowland Abbey on the occasion of the start of the rebuild of the abbey following the devastating fire in 1091. William Ayscough, the Trinity College-educated brother of Hannah Ayscough and uncle of

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment that followed ...

was the rector of the village church in the 17th century.

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and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, visited Burton Coggles on 29 November 2011. The hour-long tour of the village included meeting dignitaries and schoolchildren, and visiting a local public house and farm shop.

Geography

The parish boundary extends westwards to include Sleight's Wood on the road Easton Lane (also known as Burton Lane) to Easton. At Burton Rookery, next to the

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, the parish borders Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe and further east, the boundar
crosses
the River West Glen and the B1176. At Colley Holts, it meets the parish of Irnham. Further south it meets the parish of Corby Glen, which is close to the south of village. The boundary passes close to Corby Birkholme, and near to the A151, at Little Osgrove Wood (in Corby Glen), it meets

Colsterworth Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, less than half a mile (0.8 km) west of the A1 road (Great Britain), A1, about south of Grantham, and north-west of Stamford, Lincolnshire, ...

parish. Slightly further north, on the edge of Easton Wood, the boundary meets Easton.

Community

Until recently the village retained a

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o
Post Office Lane
The village

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is the Cholmeley Arms. There is a small village hall. Other local services are in

Corby Glen Corby Glen, formerly just Corby, is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately south-east of Grantham and north west of Bourne. In 2011 it had a population of 1,017. History The ...

. The

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is part of The North Beltisloe Group of the

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Beltisloe Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln in England, and a former Wapentake. The Wapentake of Beltisloe was established as an ancient administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

in the

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."Burton le Coggles P C C "
Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
. Retrieved 14 May 2012 From 2006 to 2010 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson."North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."
Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012

References

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District English churches dedicated to St Thomas Becket