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Fenton, West Lindsey

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Population
  
297 (2001)

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Lincolnshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Gainsborough

OS grid reference
  
SK844767

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Lincoln

District
  
West Lindsey

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Fenton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 9 mi (14 km) north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, 4 miles (6.4 km) west from Saxilby, and on the A156 Lincoln to Gainsborough road. The population of the civil parish was 297 at the 2001 census, increasing to 353 at the 2011 census.

Map of Fenton, Lincoln, UK

Fenton is a centre for the breeding of a local cattle variety, the Lincoln Reds. It is also a centre for fishing, being 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east the River Trent.

The ecclesiastical parish is Kettlethorpe with Fenton, part of the Saxilby Group of the Deanery of Corringham. The parish church is in the smaller village of Kettlethorpe 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south. The 2014 incumbent is Rev Canon Rhys Prosser.

The village public house is the Carpenter Arms.

References

Fenton, West Lindsey Wikipedia