Pointon, Lincolnshire
| Pointon | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Millthorpe crossroads, Pointon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF117318 |
| Location: | 52°52’21"N, 0°20’30"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode: | NG34 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Pointon is a small village seven miles north of Bourne, in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire.
The village is within the ecclesiastical parish of Pointon and Sempringham. Christchurch, in Pinfold Lane, Pointon, is a 'tin tabernacle' of wood and corrugated iron,[1] erected in 1893 as a chapel of ease. The parish church,, St Andrew, is in Sempringham.[2]
In 1885, Kelly's Directory noted Pointon as being in the then parish of Sempringham-cum-Pointon and Birthorpe, with St Andrew's church "situated on an eminence, overlooking the Fen district, about half a mile from any residence now existing".[3] A 1916 Lincolnshire guidebook noted: "The parish church (St Andrew) stands on a hill nearly 1 m. from its principal hamlet of Pointon".[4]
St Gilbert of Sempringham C of E Primary School, on West Road,[5] dates from 1863.
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References
- ↑ "Christchurch, Pointon". http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/thegilbertinebenefice/our-parishes/page5/. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1241280: St Andrews Church, Pointon (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 619
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (2nd ed. 1924) Lincolnshire p. 266; (Methuen & Co. Ltd)
- ↑ "The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon". Ofsted. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120606.
