Ingoldsby is a small village in the South Kesteven

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, England. It is situated south-east from the

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Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

, south of the county town of

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, and east of the

City of Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin ...

. The village contains approximately 121 households. Ingoldsby is a

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and an

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.Ingoldsby P C C
; Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012 The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of

Beltisloe Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln in England, and a former Wapentake. The Wapentake of Beltisloe was established as ancient administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

. From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson. The parish church is dedicated to

St Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

. Ingoldsby is situated midway between Grantham and Bourne. Adjacent villages include

Great Humby __NOTOC__ Great Humby is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby, east from Grantham, south-east from Ropsley and south from the A52. Little Humby, a larger hamlet, ...

, Lenton,

Bitchfield Bitchfield is a small village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It consists of two groups of buildings connected by Dark Lane, known as Bitchfield and Lower Bitchfield, collectively called Bitchfield. The village is situ ...

and Boothby Pagnell. The population of the parish is 254. Close by to the east of the village is the Roman road King Street that ran from Bourne to near Ancaster. Adjacent to the village is the minor hamlet of Scotland, and Scotland House. They are connected by
Scotland Lane
'. Ingoldsby forms the most southerly point of the Ropsley Triangle, which denotes the area between

Ropsley Ropsley is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately east from Grantham, and falls within the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby . Ropsley is the location of the source of the Riv ...

, Boothby Pagnell and Ingoldsby.

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"Ingoldsby"

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. Retrieved 4 February 2014
"Ingoldsby Parish Council"
Cpalc.org.uk
Ingoldsby Primary school web site
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