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Lenton, Lincolnshire

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 south-east from Grantham. In 1921 the parish had a population of 117. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Lenton Keisby and Osgodby".

Village

The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton. The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Lavintone".

Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter.

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

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

Lavington Lake is a local fishing facility.https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/329791

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

Lost villages

The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington, to the north-east.

South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby whose name survives in the name of the parish.

Notable people

References

External links

  • "Lenton"; Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 21 April 2012