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St Peter's Church, Lenton |
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Lenton
Lenton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF025305 |
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| Parish | Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG33 4 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Lenton is a small hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated roughly 9.5 miles south east of Grantham, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby parish.
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The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton.[1] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lavintone.[2][3]
The Parish church of St Peter is in the heart of the village.[4][5] The village erected a splendid new Lychgate to mark the Millennium, which was also celebrated by an artistic exhibition in the church on the subject of Angels.[3][5] The Angels exhibition has recently returned to the church, open to the public from Easter 2011. Lenton parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe.[6] The Incumbent was until recently The Revd Richard Ireson, but there is a Vacancy at present.[3][6]
There are many other hamlets around the area such as Hanby, Keisby Osgodby and Pickworth. Larger villages close by include Ropsley, Folkingham and Ingoldsby.[7]
The Lavington name is preserved in Lavington Lakes a fishing facility provided by a local farmer.[1]
The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington.[8]
South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby.[9] whose name survives in the name of the parish.