Fenton, West Lindsey Explained

Static Image Name:The Carpenter's Arms - geograph.org.uk - 200959.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Carpenters arms, Fenton
Country:England
Official Name:Fenton
Map Alt:Outline map of Lincolnshire, with Fenton as a red dot near the Nottinghamshire border. To the NW of Lincoln
Coordinates:53.281°N -0.7354°W
Population:297
Population Ref:(2001[1])
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN1
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:SK844767
London Distance Mi:125
London Direction:S
Type:Village and civil parish

Fenton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[2] It is situated 9miles north-west of Lincoln and 4miles west from Saxilby. The population of the civil parish was 297 at the 2001 census, increasing to 353 at the 2011 census.[3]

Fenton is a centre for the breeding of a local cattle variety, the Lincoln Reds. It is also a centre for fishing, being 1miles to the east the River Trent.

The ecclesiastical parish is Kettlethorpe with Fenton, part of the Saxilby Group of the Deanery of Corringham. The parish church is in the smaller village of Kettlethorpe 0.5miles to the south. The 2014 incumbent is Rev Canon Rhys Prosser.[4]

The village public house is the Carpenters Arms.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics about Fenton, West Lindsey . Research-lincs.org.uk . 2005 . 9 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Welcome to Fenton and Torksey Lock Parish Council's website . Lincolnshire.gov.uk . 9 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 16 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  4. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?02273020 "Kettlethorpe w Fenton PCC"