Claypole, Lincolnshire

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Claypole

Church of St Peter, Claypole
Claypole
 Claypole shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceSK850490
   – London 105 mi (169 km)  S
Civil parishClaypole
DistrictSouth Kesteven
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Newark
Postcode district NG23
Dialling code 01636
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentSleaford and North Hykeham
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Lincolnshire

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

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).

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]

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.

Claypole's Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Peter and dates from c.1300.[6] The village public house is the Five Bells Inn on Main Street, and there is a butchers on Doddington Lane.

Gallery

<gallery caption=="180px" heights="120px" perrow="4"> File:Claypole - geograph.org.uk - 164767.jpg|Oil seed rape in full flower, with St Peter's in the background File:East Coast Mainline, Claypole. - geograph.org.uk - 95866.jpg|Looking South along the East Coast Main Line from Osterfen Lane crossing. Claypole Station was about 200m from here </gallery>

References

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

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