Great Gonerby is a village and

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in the South Kesteven district of

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. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,200. It is situated less than north from

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 ...

. To its north is Gonerby Moor, part of Great Gonerby civil parish, and the A1 road. It is above

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an
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the Vale of Belvoir to the west and Grantham to the south., biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk

Community

The

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from Grantham in the 1990s has meant that the village is separated from the town by approximately . Great Gonerby, with about 825 houses, has a social club, village shop, post office, and the ''Recruiting Sergeant''

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. Harry's Place, with seating for 10, is significant for being the smallest Michelin-starred restaurant. The large

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is dedicated t
St Sebastian
It is part of the Barrowby and Great Gonerby Group of the Deanery of Grantham. The 2013 incumbent was Rev Peter Hopkins who retired in 2019. The Church currently runs without fixed ordained presence. A house called Cromwell's Cottage takes its name from the tradition that

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based his troops here before attacking Grantham. The local inhabitants are known as 'Clockpelters', from the habit of trying to strike the face of the church clock with stones or snowballs. The clock dates from 1897.,

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Parish Council

St Sebastians church

Primary school
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District