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Church of St Nicholas |
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Carlton Scroop
Carlton Scroop shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | SK949450 |
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| Parish | Carlton Scroop And Normanton-On-Cliffe |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01400 (Loveden) |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Carlton Scroop is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles north-east of Grantham, 4 miles east of Hougham, 2 miles east of Ancaster and 1 mile south of Normanton. The A607 road to Lincoln passes through the centre of the village.
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Carlton Scroop is situated below the Cliff, an escarpment edge that separates the Lincolnshire Wolds from the Vale of Trent. On the Cliff to the north is the village of Normanton.
The village is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Carlton Scroop and Normanton on Cliffe, itself part of the Caythorpe Group of parishes in the Loveden Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. The civil parish has the same boundaries.[1][2] The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas; the incumbent is Rev'd June Freshney.[3]
The Viking Way long distance footpath passes through the village.
An tall radio mast is situated just outside the village, part of the microwave telephone link from London to Scotland.[4]
The village appears in the Domesday survey as Carletune .[2]
Carlton Scroop Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.[5]. It is of very old foundation; parts of the fabric are Norman, although the most obvious features are Decorated. The east window is a rare example of 14th Century medieval stained glass depicting two kneeling figures each holding a shield. Called the Newmarch window it dates from 1310. The base of the tower is 12th century and the upper part from 1632, constructed after the former steeple collapsed.[2][6][7]
Following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish subscribed to the Grantham Poor Law Union.
The village was once split in two by the Honington and Lincoln railway, opened in 1867, later part of the Great Northern Railway. The railway was closed in the Beeching Axe of 1965.[8]
A microwave tower formed part of a cold war emergency microwave communications system, 'Backbone'.[4] A Cold War era bunker of the Royal Observer Corps was built in 1965 and abandoned in 1968, and is now demolished.[9]