Potterhanworth
| Potterhanworth | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Potterhanworth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF054663 |
| Location: | 53°11’3"N, 0°25’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 839 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN4 |
| Dialling code: | 01522 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Potterhanworth is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, six miles south-east of the county town, the City of Lincoln. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 839, including a dependent hamlet, Potterhanworth Booths.
The parish includes the lands of Potterhanworth Fen to the south of the B1190 road to Bardney, to the point where this road meets the River Witham.
The parish church is St Andrew. The village pub is the Chequers.
Name
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Potterhanworth appears as "Haneworde", which appears to be derived from the Old English Hannan weorð, meaning "Hana's homestead" or "Hana's farmstead".[1][2]
By 1334 the village was known as Potter Hanworth because of the presence of a large pottery: the two words did not coalesce until the 1950s.
About the village
A fragment of Roman pottery and a Roman coin have been found, possibly relating to the nearby Roman settlement at Potterhanworth Booths.[3]
Nearest villages include Nocton to the south, Branston to the north-west, and Potterhanworth Booths to the north-east. The village is at the junction of the B1202 and B1178 roads. The Peterborough to Lincoln railway line passes half a mile to the west.
Beside the B1202 to the east is a former prisoner of war camp.
Close to the village is a forest nature reserve called Potterhanworth Wood.
A water tower in the village has been converted to a house.
Sport and leisure
- Football: Potterhanworth FC
- Golf: nine-hole golf course nearby on the road to Potterhanworth Booths
Once the village had a bowls club, and a tennis club with courts, at the village sports' field; the field now contains a Lottery-funded play park. It had two public houses:
Outside links
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