Static Image Name: | St.John the Baptist's church, Lissington, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 73340.jpg |
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]