Ingoldsby Explained

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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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14023040 Ingoldsby P C C
  2. http://www.northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk/ingoldsby.htm "St Bartholomew's, Ingoldsby"
  3. http://www.boothby.org.uk/PCPages/NBGC%20and%20Lay%20Ministers%20report%20to%20AGMs%202011.pdf "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."
  4. Book: Margary, Ivan D . 1973 . Roman roads in Britain. 232–4.
  5. OSGB . Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton . 3 . 3 April 2006 . 1:25000 . OS Explorer . 248 . 978-0-319-23811-0 . TF007302 .