Great Carlton
| Great Carlton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St John the Baptist, Great Carlton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF411851 |
| Location: | 53°20’38"N, 0°7’6"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 136 (2011) |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Great Carlton is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 136.
The village is five miles south-east of the nearest market town, Louth.
Great Carlton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Magna Carleton". The name Carlton derives from the Old English 'Ceorla tun' meaning "the village of the free peasants". A market was granted to Great Carlton in 1275.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It was largely rebuilt in 1861 by James Fowler in 13th-century style, although it retains its 15th-century Perpendicular tower. It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
The lychgate dates from 1871, when it was erected by Canon Pretyman.[3]
History
A notable landowner and freeman of Great Carlton was George Smith, father of Captain John Smith (1580–1631), who acquired fame as President of the Virginia Company at Jamestown in North America. George leased other property from Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Alice Rickard Smith descended from the Rickards of Great Heck in Yorkshire.[4]
Great Carlton Church of England School was founded in 1716 as Great Carlton Free School. It later became a National School, and by 1906 it was known as Great Carlton School. It closed in the summer of 1976.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Great Carlton) |
References
- ↑ "Lincs To The Past". Great Carlton village. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/Settlement-of-Great-Carlton/229816.record?pt=S. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360012: Church of St. John the Baptist, Great Carlton (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063019: Lychgate to Church of St John the Baptist, Great Carlton (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Barbour, Philip L: The Three Worlds of Captain John Smith, pp. 3–4. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, 1964.
- ↑ Great Carlton CE School: Lincs to the Past
