West Deeping is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

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 255. It is situated on the

A1175 road The A1175 road is a road in south-west Lincolnshire, England. It runs between Stamford and Spalding, along the old A16 route. History It was previously designated as the southern section of the A16, but is now classified as the A1175 in f ...

, east from Stamford and west from

Market Deeping Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008. History The town's mar ...

. It is the smallest of

The Deepings ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

group of villages situated around the

. Village population is 277. The name 'Deeping' comes from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

''deoping'' meaning 'deep place'. Nave of St Andrews West Deeping-Geograph-1514953-by-Richard-Croft

The Roman Road of King Street passes through the village and crosses the A1175. The church of

St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Pete ...

dates back to the 13th century, with further additions in 1676 and 1803 and a restoration in 1876–77, and is Early English, Decorated and

Perpendicular In elementary geometry, two geometric objects are perpendicular if they intersect at a right angle (90 degrees or π/2 radians). The condition of perpendicularity may be represented graphically using the ''perpendicular symbol'', ⟂. It ca ...

in style. It is part of The Uffington Group of the Deanery of Stamford, in the Diocese of Lincoln."Uffington Group website"
Uffingtongroup.org.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2012 The village

public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...

is the Red Lion.

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"West Deeping"
Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 6 July 2012 * St Andrew's Church {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire The Deepings Civil parishes in Lincolnshire