Claypole, Lincolnshire

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Coordinates: 53°02′00″N 0°44′00″W / 53.0333°N 0.7333°W

Claypole
Church of St Peter, Claypole
Claypole Claypole shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK850490
- London	105 mi (169 km) S
Civil parish	Claypole
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newark
Postcode district	NG23
Dialling code	01636
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Claypole is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from the market town of Newark-on-Trent, just east of the Grantham to Newark stretch of the A1.

The name Claypole is from the Old English 'claeg' and 'pol', for "clayey pool".^[1] The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Claipol" and as having a church, a priest and one mill.

The county of Nottinghamshire forms the western and northern borders of the parish, with Fenton and Stubton parishes to the east and Dry Doddington to the south; the River Witham flows by the west side of the village.^[2] The village has a population of around 1100 people and 560 dwellings, with the parish covering about 3,000 acres (1,200 ha).^{[citation needed]}

The East Coast Main Line passes close to the north-east of the village, with three level crossings, including one on Osterfen Lane^[3] and another on Stubton Road.^[4]

Looking South along the East coast mainline from Osterfen Lane crossing. Claypole Station was about 200m from here

Claypole primary school is on School Lane.^[5] Next to the school is a cricket and football field, home to local teams. In the early 1900s public benefactor Harry Coulby gifted the village school and village hall, and built an American-style house.^{[citation needed]}

Claypole's Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Peter.^[6] The village public house is the Five Bells Inn on Main Street, and there is a butchers on Doddington Lane.

Oil seed rape in full flower, with St Peter's in the background

References

↑ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p. 117, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
↑ "Mill Farm Bridge & Millpond, Claypole", Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2011
↑ "East Coast Mainline, Claypole", Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2011
↑ "High Level Crossing", Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2011
↑ Claypole Primary School, claypoleprimary.org
↑ English Heritage. "Church of St Peter (1062912)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 July 2013 .

External links

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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