Lissington Explained

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Static Image Caption:St John the Baptist Church, Lissington
Country:England
Official Name:Lissington
Coordinates:53.3353°N -0.3363°W
Population:154
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN3
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF108833
London Distance Mi:130
London Direction:S

Lissington is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 154.[1] It lies 4miles south from the town of Market Rasen, and about 4 miles north from the town of Wragby.

Lissington is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Lessintone", with 28 households, and 80acres of meadow and 80 of woodland.[2]

The church, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, is a Grade II listed building built from ironstone and greenstone. It dates from 1796, with a restoration in 1895 and further additions in 1925.[3]

Lissington Church of England School was built in 1854 as a National school and closed 21 December 1950.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 22 May 2016. Office for National statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Lissington. Open Domesday. University of Hull. 21 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313084103/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF1083/lissington/. 13 March 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Church of St John the Baptist, Lissington. British Listed Buildings. 21 June 2011.
  4. Web site: Lissington CE School. Lincs to the past. Lincolnshire Archives. 21 June 2011.