Lenton, Lincolnshire Explained

Country:	England
Coordinates:	52.859°N -0.479°W
Official Name:	Lenton
Static Image:	Saint Peter's Church, Lenton - geograph.org.uk - 87071.jpg
Static Image Width:	240px
Static Image Caption:	St Peter's Church, Lenton
Civil Parish:	Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby
Shire District:	South Kesteven
Shire County:	Lincolnshire
Region:	East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:	Grantham and Stamford
Post Town:	GRANTHAM
Postcode District:	NG33
Postcode Area:	NG
Dial Code:	01476
Os Grid Reference:	TF025305
London Distance Mi:	95
London Direction:	S

Lenton is a village in the civil parish of Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby, in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7miles south-east from Grantham. In 1921 the parish had a population of 117.^[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Lenton Keisby and Osgodby".^[2]

Village

The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton.^[3] The village is listed in the Domesday Book as "Lavintone".^[4]

Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter.^[5]

The ecclesiastical parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes^[6] in the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln.^[7] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was The Revd Richard Ireson,^[8] who was succeeded by The Revd Mike Doyle in 2012.^[9]

The village erected a new Lychgate to mark the Millennium.^[5] A previous exhibition to raise funds for the church, The Host of Angels Experience, returned in 2012.^{[5] [9]}

Lavington Lake is a local fishing facility.https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/329791

Other hamlets in the area are Hanby, Keisby Osgodby and Pickworth. Larger villages close by include Ropsley, Folkingham and Ingoldsby.^[10]

Lost villages

The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington, 0.5miles to the north-east.^[11]

South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby whose name survives in the name of the parish.

Notable people

• Edward Bradley  - vicar of Lenton in the 1870s; under the pen name Cuthbert Bede, writer and illustrator of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, the story of an Oxford University undergraduate.
• The village is the burial place of the first and second baronets both called Sir William Armyne. They were both leading puritans in Lincolnshire and supporters of the Parliamentary cause in the Civil War.

External links

• • "Lenton"

Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 21 April 2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population statistics Lenton AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 5 January 2024.
2. Web site: Relationships and changes Lenton AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 5 January 2024.
3. Book: Mills, A. D. . A Dictionary of British Place-Names . 2003.
4. Web site: Domesday Maps Online. contains a facsimili of the Domesday Book entry
5. Web site: Web site of St Peter's Church.
6. http://www.northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk/lenton.htm "St. Peter's Church, Lenton"
7. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14023030 "Lenton P C C"
8. http://www.boothby.org.uk/PCPages/NBGC%20and%20Lay%20Ministers%20report%20to%20AGMs%202011.pdf "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."
9. Web site: North Beltisloe web site.
10. OSGB . Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton . 3 . 2006 . 1:25000 . OS Explorer Map . 248 . 2010-03-17 . 978-0-319-23811-0 . TF025305 .
11. http://gridreferencefinder.com/?gr=TF0300031000|TF_s_030_s_310|1&v=h "Little Lavington: TF030310"