OS grid reference TF025305 Post town GRANTHAM Dialling code 01476 | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district NG33 | |
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Lenton is a hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Grantham, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby civil parish (where the population is included).
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Map of Lenton, Grantham, UK
Village
The village is sometimes known as Lavington, and the name may have come from the Old English Lâfa, and the characteristic suffix -ton. The village is listed in the Domesday Book as "Lavintone".
Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
The ecclesiastical parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln. From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was The Revd Richard Ireson, who was succeeded by The Revd Mike Doyle in 2012.
The village erected a new Lychgate to mark the Millennium. A previous exhibition to raise funds for the church, The Host of Angels Experience, returned in 2012.
Lavington Lake is a local fishing facility.[1]
Other hamlets in the area are Hanby, Keisby Osgodby and Pickworth. Larger villages close by include Ropsley, Folkingham and Ingoldsby.
Lost Villages
The village is associated with the site of the lost medieval settlement of Little Lavington, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north-east.
South of the village is the site of the lost settlement of Osgodby whose name survives in the name of the parish.