__NOTOC__ Wyville is a village in the

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of Wyville cum Hungerton, in the

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, England, and situated approximately south-west 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 ...

The whole parish covers about . The population is included in the civil parish of

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. The village is an

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of the Harlaxton Group of the Grantham

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in the

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. The incumbent is Rev Keith Hanson.

Wyville

Wyville is a small hamlet consisting mainly of a collection of farm buildings and a 19th-century church. A small spring runs to the south of the hamlet, toward the Cringle Stream at

Stoke Rochford Stoke Rochford is a small English village and civil parish south of Grantham in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 230 (including Easton). It has two notable Grade I listed buildings: ...

, an early tributary of the

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Hungerton

Hungerton is a small hamlet set about a half mile northwest of Wyville. Hungerton has been the population centre of the parish in recent centuries.

History

Both villages are listed in the

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of 1086, and at the time of the survey were larger than today.
St Catherine has long been associated with Wyville. Ancient stone coffins have been found on what may have been the site of the original church. The present church was built in 1858. In 1848 Samuel Lewis described the parish as: :"WYVILL, a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (N. W.) from Colsterworth; containing, with Hungerton, 137 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Hungerton united; net income, £35; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is in ruins, and the inhabitants attend that at Harlaxton." A few years later John Marius Wilson said of the parish: :"WYVILLE-WITH-HUNGERTON, a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; 3½ miles W by S of Great Ponton r. station, and 5 SSW of Grantham. Post town, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £1,840. Pop., 155. Houses, 28. The living is a double rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £35. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church was built in 1858."

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"Wyville (Wyville with Hungerton, or Hungerton cum Wyville)"

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