Claypole 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,382. It is situated south-east from the market town of

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 ...

, just east of the

Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish 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 (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ...

to Newark stretch of the A1. The name Claypole is from the

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'' and 'pol', for "clayey pool". The village is recorded in the ''

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'' as "Claipol" and as having a church, a priest and one mill.

Location and amenities

The county of

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forms the western and northern borders of the parish, with Fenton and

Stubton Stubton is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Fenton) at the 2011 census was 295. The village is situated north from Grantham and south-east ...

parishes to the east and

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

to the south; the

River Witham The River Witham is a river almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham at , passes through the centre of Grantham (where it may be closely followed using the Riversi ...

flows by the west side of the village. The village has a population of around 1100 people and 560 dwellings, with the parish covering about . The

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passes close to the north-east of the village, with three

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s, including one on Osterfen Lane and another on

Road. Claypole primary school is on School Lane. Next to the school is a cricket and football field, home to local teams. In the early 1900s public benefactor

Harry Coulby Harry Coulby (January 1, 1865 – January 18, 1929) was an American businessman known as the "Czar of the Great Lakes" for his expertise in managing the Great Lakes shipping fleet of Pickands Mather & Company and the Pittsburgh Steamship Com ...

gifted the village school and village hall, and built an American-style house. Claypole's

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to

St Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repe ...

and dates from c.1300. Although the church is now known as St Peter's, early records refer to it as St Peter's and St Paul's which is likely to have been its original dedication. There was a church in the village in Saxon times, probably built from wood. The church's stonework carries a large number of

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marks including masons marks, shapes, letters and a game. The village public house is the Five Bells Inn on Main Street, and there is a butchers on Doddington Lane.

Gallery

File:Claypole - geograph.org.uk - 164767.jpg, Oil seed rape in full flower, with St Peter's in the background File:East Coast Mainline, Claypole. - geograph.org.uk - 95866.jpg, Looking South along the East Coast Main Line from Osterfen Lane crossing. Claypole Station was about 200m from here File:Claypole Weir, Mill Farm. - geograph.org.uk - 95864.jpg, Claypole Weir, Mill Farm

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Parish Council

Claypole Cricket Club

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Claypole Village Hall
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