Lenton, Lincolnshire

Village in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby

District

South Kesteven

Shire county

Lincolnshire

Region

East Midlands

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52°51′32″N 0°28′44″W / 52.859°N 0.479°W / 52.859; -0.479

Lenton is a village in the civil parish of Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby, in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Grantham. In 1921 the parish had a population of 117.^[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Lenton Keisby and Osgodby".^[2]

Village

The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton.^[3] The village is listed in the Domesday Book as "Lavintone".^[4]

Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter.^[5]^[6]

The ecclesiastical parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes^[7] in the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln.^[8] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was The Revd Richard Ireson,^[9] who was succeeded by The Revd Mike Doyle in 2012.^[10]

The village erected a new Lychgate to mark the Millennium.^[6] A previous exhibition to raise funds for the church, The Host of Angels Experience, returned in 2012.^[6]^[10]

Lavington Lake is a local fishing facility.[1]

Other hamlets in the area are Hanby, Keisby Osgodby and Pickworth. Larger villages close by include Ropsley, Folkingham and Ingoldsby.^[11]

Lost villages

The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north-east.^[12]^[13]

South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby whose name survives in the name of the parish.^[14]

Notable people

Edward Bradley – vicar of Lenton in the 1870s; under the pen name Cuthbert Bede, writer and illustrator of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, the story of an Oxford University undergraduate.
The village is the burial place of the first and second baronets both called Sir William Armyne. They were both leading puritans in Lincolnshire and supporters of the Parliamentary cause in the Civil War.

References

^ "Population statistics Lenton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Relationships and changes Lenton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names.^{[page needed]}
^ "Domesday Maps Online". contains a facsimili of the Domesday Book entry
^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (348745)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Web site of St Peter's Church".
^ "St. Peter's Church, Lenton", Northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2012
^ "Lenton P C C" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
^ "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012
^ ^a ^b "North Beltisloe web site".
^ Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton (Map) (3 ed.). 1:25000. OS Explorer Map. OSGB. 2006. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-319-23811-0. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
^ Historic England (2007). "Little Lavington or Lenton (348765)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 April 2010.
^ "Little Lavington: TF030310"; Gridreferencefinder.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012
^ Historic England (2007). "Osgodby (348406)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 April 2010.