Dunston
| Dunston | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Peter, Dunston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF063628 |
| Location: | 53°9’9"N, 0°24’39"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,005 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Dunston is a small village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. It is about seven miles south-east of the county town, the City of Lincoln, close to the B1188 between Nocton to the north and Metheringham to the south.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as "Dunestune", possibly meaning 'Dun's farm'.
The parish church, St Peter's dates from the 12th century, and was restored by Richard Carpenter between 1874 and 1876. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
Dunston Pillar stands three miles to the west, on the A15. It is a Grade II listed tower and former land lighthouse, built by Sir Francis Dashwood to guide travellers across Lincoln Heath.[2] In 1810, at the jubilee of King George III, the lantern was removed and replaced with a statue of the king, and in the 1843 Journal of the Agricultural Society it was described as the "only land light-house ever raised".[3]
The Peterborough to Lincoln Line passes through the village, with a station a mile away at Metheringham.
The White Horse public house is to the east at Dunston Fen; the Red Lion is on Middle Street.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dunston) |
- Dunstan, Lincolnshire: a Lincolnshire village: Metheringham Area
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1165588: St Peters Church, Dunston (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 349474 – Dunston Pillar
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 120; Methuen & Co. Ltd