OS grid reference SK938476 Country England Postcode district NG32 Local time Friday 7:41 PM District South Kesteven | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Lincolnshire Shire county Lincolnshire Civil parish Caythorpe | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 48 km/h, 88% Humidity UK parliament constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham | ||
Frieston is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just west of the A607 road, and 7 miles (11 km) north from the market town of Grantham. Fieston is conjoined to the southern part of the village of Caythorpe.
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Map of Frieston, Grantham, UK
Frieston lies within Caythorpe civil parish. Local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the 1972 Local Government Act. Hitherto, the parish had formed part of the Parts of Kesteven. Kesteven was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the 1888 Local Government Act Kesteven had been, in most respects, a county in itself.
This seems to be an example of the migration of a village. 'Frieston' is a name which belongs to the 5th-century settlement of Britain by Anglo-Saxons, in this area mainly Angles, but in this case Frisians. The thorpe element of Caythorpe indicates a secondary settlement by Vikings, in this case probably Danes, at some time between 800 and 1050.