Gunby, South Kesteven

Gunby

Church of St Nicholas, Gunby
Gunby
 Gunby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceSK910216
   – London 90 mi (140 km)  S
DistrictSouth Kesteven
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Grantham
Postcode district NG33
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentGrantham and Stamford
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°47′04″N 0°39′08″W / 52.784435°N 0.652174°W / 52.784435; -0.652174

Gunby is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated close to the borders with Leicestershire and Rutland, and 9 miles (14 km) south from Grantham, and 2 miles (3 km) west from the A1 road. The population is included 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 the parish 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 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

  1. ↑ "Colsterworth and District Parish Council". Lincolnshire County Council. 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)
  2. ↑ "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. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p. 216, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
  4. ↑ "Church of St Nicholas", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 15 August 2011
  5. ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 149; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  6. ↑ 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
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