Gunby, Kesteven
| Gunby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Nicholas, Gunby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK910216 |
| Location: | 52°47’4"N, -0°39’8"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Grantham |
| Postcode: | NG33 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Gunby is a hamlet and ancient parish in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire. It is situated close to the borders with Leicestershire and Rutland, nine miles south of Grantham, and two miles west of the A1 road. It is in the civil parish of Gunby and Stainby.
To the east is North Witham; to the north, Stainby; and to the west, Sewstern. Gunby is nominally in the civil parish of Gunby and Stainby, although it is now administered as part of the Colsterworth district parishes.[1] Gunby had been a parish in its own right until 1931.[2]
The village name derives from a "farmstead or village of a man called Gunni", from the Old Scandinavian person name, and 'by', a farmstead, village or settlement.[3]
Gunby's Grade-II-listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Of 15th-century origin, it was rebuilt by Richard Coad in 1869, although the Perpendicular tower remained.[4][5][6]
The closest amenities are in Colsterworth, South Witham and Buckminster.
See also
References
- ↑ "Colsterworth and District Parish Council". Lincolnshire Council. http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ColsterworthandDistrict/. Retrieved 1 June 2013. "Colsterworth and District Parish Council is a combined council consisting of the civil parishes of Colsterworth, (which includes the hamlet of Woolsthorpe By Colsterworth), Gunby and Stainby and recently North Witham, (which includes Lobthorpe)"
- ↑ "Gunby and Stainby CP through time ; Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". A Vision of Britain through Time.. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10422280. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p. 216, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147928: Church of St Nicholas
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 149; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire pp. 558, 559; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Gunby, Kesteven) |
- "St Nicholas Church", Stnicholascenter.org