Stenigot
| Stenigot | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Nicholas' Church, Stenigot | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF252808 |
| Location: | 53°18’36"N, 0°7’15"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Stenigot is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, about six miles south-west of Louth, and a mile south-east of the village of Donington on Bain. The wider civil parish includes the hamlet of Cold Harbour.[1]
The distinctive name 'Stenigot' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Stangehou. This is thought to be a variant of the Old English Staninga hoh, meaning 'spur of a hill' or 'the people at a stone'.[2]
The parish church, St Nicholas, dates from 1892. Built of red brick and limestone, with a 15th-century octagonal font. There is a monument to Sir John Guevara, died 1607, of white, grey and orange streaked alabaster and a black marble inscription plaque to Francis Velles de Guevara, died 1592.[3]
The village is probably best known for RAF Stenigot, a chain home high station during the Second World War[4] and later as a NATO ACE High station, with four tropospheric scatter parabolic dishes.[5]
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References
- ↑ Stenigot on Vision of Britain
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 441 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063700: St Nicholas, Stenigot (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1309703 – Stenigot
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1309788 – Stenigot