| Static Image Name: | Millthorpe crossroads, Pointon, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 215128.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Millthorpe crossroads, Pointon |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Pointon |
| Coordinates: | 52.8726°N -0.3416°W |
| Population: | 533 |
| Population Ref: | (2021) |
| Civil Parish: | Pointon and Sempringham |
| Shire District: | South Kesteven |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Grantham and Stamford |
| Post Town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode District: | NG34 |
| Postcode Area: | NG |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF117318 |
| London Distance Mi: | 95 |
| London Direction: | S |
Pointon is a village in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. In 2021 the parish of "Pointon and Sempringham" has a population of 533.[1] The majority of the parish's population live in Pointon. It is situated 7miles north of Bourne.
Pointon is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Pointon and Sempringham. Christchurch, in Pinfold Lane, Pointon, is a 'tin tabernacle' of wood and corrugated iron;[2] it was erected in 1893 as a chapel of ease. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, is in Sempringham. In 1885, a Kelly's Directory noted Pointon as being in the then parish of Sempringham-cum-Pointon and Birthorpe, with St Andrew's church "situated on an eminence, overlooking the Fen district, about half a mile from any residence now existing".[3] A 1916 Lincolnshire guidebook noted: "The parish church (St Andrew) stands on a hill nearly 1 m. from its principal hamlet of Pointon".[4]
St Gilbert of Sempringham C of E Primary School, on West Road,[5] dates from 1863.
Pointon was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Sempringham,[6] in 1866 Pointon became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Pointon and Sempringham".[7] In 1921 the parish had a population of 405.[8]