Stubton is a small village and

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in the South Kesteven district of

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, England. The population of the civil parish (including Fenton) at the 2011 census was 295. The village is situated 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 ...

and south-east from

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

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. Adjacent villages include Claypole,

Dry Doddington Dry Doddington is a small village in the north-west of the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England within the civil parish of Westborough and Dry Doddington. It is situated approximately south-east from Newar ...

, Beckingham and

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Saint Martins Church, Stubton - geograph

The

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is a Grade II*

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dedicated to Saint Martin, built in 1799, with a

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added in 1869. Stubton Hall is a large Grade II listed country house, built in 1813-14 by

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for

Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet (27 November 1765 – 29 May 1854) was a British Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1812 to 1847, with a break in 1818–1819. Early life He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, the son of ...

. In 1918 it was purchased by Sir Edmund Royds. After his death in 1946 it was purchased by Lincolnshire County Council, and from 1952 to 2003 it was used as a boarding school, and is now a hotel and wedding venue.

Community

The

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of Stubton is part of the ''Claypole'' Group of the Deanery of Lovedon. The Village won the Lincolnshire '

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' competition in 2012. Stubton has a modern brick-built village hall, built with Millennial funding from the National Lottery. The village is served on school days by Sleafordian bus route SL10 from Claypole to Sleaford, and on demand by the ''Call Connect'' bus service.

References

External links

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Stubton Parish Council

Stubton Village Blog
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