Stubton

Coordinates: 53°01′48″N 0°42′00″W / 53.030081°N 0.69992°W / 53.030081; -0.69992
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Stubton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°01′48″N 0°42′00″W / 53.030081°N 0.69992°W / 53.030081; -0.69992

Stubton is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish (including Fenton) at the 2011 census was 295.[2] The village is situated 8 miles (13 km) north from Grantham and 5 miles (8 km) south-east from Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. Adjacent villages include Claypole, Dry Doddington, Beckingham and Brandon.

Saint Martin's Church, Stubton

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Martin, built in 1799, with a chancel added in 1869.[3]

Stubton Hall is a large Grade II listed country house, built in 1813-14 by

Sir Edmund Royds
. After his death in 1946 it was purchased by Lincolnshire County Council, and from 1952 to 2003 it was used as a boarding school, and is now a hotel and wedding venue.

Community

The ecclesiastical parish of Stubton is part of the Claypole Group of the Deanery of Lovedon.[5]

The Village won the Lincolnshire '

Best Kept Village' competition in 2012, 2021 and runner-up in 2022.[6]

Stubton has a modern brick-built village hall, built with Millennial funding from the National Lottery.[6][7]

The village is served on school days by Sleafordian bus route SL10 from Claypole to Sleaford,[8] and on demand by the Call Connect bus service.

References

  1. ^ "Stubton Parish Council". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ^ Historic England. "St Martins, Stubton (1360092)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Stubton Hall (1146985)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Ecclesiastical parish of Stubton". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Stubton Village Blog". Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Stubton village hall". Venues. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Bus route SL10". Sleafordian coaches. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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