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Static Image Caption: | St Bartholomew's Church, Ingoldsby |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Ingoldsby |
Coordinates: | 52.8587°N -0.5017°W |
Population: | 254 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Shire District: | South Kesteven |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Grantham and Stamford |
Post Town: | Grantham |
Postcode District: | NG33 |
Postcode Area: | NG |
Os Grid Reference: | TF009300 |
London Distance Mi: | 90 |
London Direction: | S |
Ingoldsby is a small village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7miles south-east from the market town of Grantham, south of the county town of Lincoln, and east of the City of Nottingham. The village contains approximately 121 households.
Ingoldsby is a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish.[1] The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe.[1] [2] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson.[3] The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew.
Ingoldsby is situated midway between Grantham and Bourne. Adjacent villages include Great Humby, Lenton, Bitchfield and Boothby Pagnell. The population of the parish is 254. Close by to the east of the village is the Roman road King Street that ran from Bourne to near Ancaster.[4]
Adjacent to the village is the minor hamlet of Scotland, and Scotland House. They are connected by Scotland Lane.[5]
Ingoldsby forms the most southerly point of the Ropsley Triangle, which denotes the area between Ropsley, Boothby Pagnell and Ingoldsby.