Pointon
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OS grid reference | TF117318 |
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– London | 95 mi (153 km) S |
Civil parish | Pointon and Sempringham |
District | South Kesteven |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | NG34 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
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Coordinates: 52°52′21″N 0°20′30″W / 52.872618°N 0.341646°W
Pointon is a small village situated 7 miles (11.3 km) north from Bourne, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, which had a 2001 population of 507.[1] The majority of the parish's population live in Pointon.
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Pointon is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Pointon and Sempringham. Its parish church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, is in Sempringham. Dating from 1170, it is a Grade I listed building. It was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1868-69 by Edward Browning.[2] Cox (1916) notes: "The parish church (St. Andrew) stands on hill 1 m. from its principal hamlet of Pointon".[3] In 1885, Kelly's noted Pointon as being in the then parish of Sempringham-cum-Pointon and Birthorpe, with its church of St Andrew "situated on an eminence, overlooking the Fen district, about half a mile from any residence now existing".[4]
Christchurch, in Pinfold Lane, Pointon, is a Chapel of Ease, erected in 1893 to support the work of the parish church. It is a tin tabernacle made from corrugated iron.
References
- ↑ "Pointon and Sempringham". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ Historic England. "St Andrews Church, Pointon (1241280)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 266; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 619
External links
Media related to Pointon at Wikimedia Commons
- "Pointon", Homepages.which.net
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