Stubton is a small village and civil parish 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. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...

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 from Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. Adjacent villages include Claypole, Dry Doddington,

Beckingham Beckingham may refer to: *Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England *Beckingham, Nottinghamshire Beckingham is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Accordi ...

and Brandon. Saint Martins Church, Stubton - geograph

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to

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, built in 1799, with a chancel added in 1869. Stubton Hall is a large Grade II listed country house, built in 1813-14 by Sir Jeffry Wyatville for Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet. 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 ecclesiastical parish of Stubton is part of the ''Claypole'' Group of the

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of Lovedon. The Village won the Lincolnshire ' Best Kept Village' 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
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District