Fenton is a village in the

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...

district of

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, England. It is situated south-west from the city and

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, north-east from the village of Claypole and south from the A17 road. Fenton

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listed

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church is dedicated to All Saints. It has a

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ed spire and is mainly of

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and Decorated style, but retains a

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north

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of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 391 The

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was rebuilt in 1838 and restored in 1875.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 125; Methuen & Co. Ltd

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