Stubton

Stubton

Stubton Hall
Stubton
Stubton shown within Lincolnshire
Population 295 (2011)
OS grid reference SK872488
• London 110 mi (180 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWARK
Postcode district NG23
Dialling code 01636
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Stubton is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish (including Fenton) at the 2011 census was 295.[2] The village is situated 8 miles (13 km) north from Grantham and 5 miles (8 km) south-east from Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. Adjacent villages include Claypole, Dry Doddington, Beckingham and Brandon.

Saint Martin's Church, Stubton

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Martin, built in 1799, with a chancel added in 1869.[3]

Stubton Hall is a large Grade II listed country house, now a school. It was built in 1813-14 by Sir Jeffry Wyatville.[4]

Community

The ecclesiastical parish of Stubton is part of the Claypole Group of the Deanery of Lovedon.[5]

The Village won the Lincolnshire 'Best Kept Village' competition in 2012.[6]

Stubton has a modern brick-built village hall, built with Millennial funding from the National Lottery.[7][6]

The village is served on school days by Sleafordian bus route SL10 from Claypole to Sleaford,[8] and on demand by the Call Connect bus service.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Stubton Parish Council". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "St Martins, Stubton (1360092)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Stubton Hall (1146985)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ecclesiastical parish of Stubton". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Stubton village web site". Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stubton village hall". Venues. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Bus route SL10". Sleafordian coaches. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Call Connect Kesteven" (PDF). South Kesteven district council. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  • Media related to Stubton at Wikimedia Commons
  • "all 21 historic sites in the Parish". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  • "History of Stubton, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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