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Old Somerby (pronounced Summerby) is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Grantham.It lies on the B1176 road, with the village centre about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of its junction with the A52 and B6403, and adjacent to the East Coast Main Line.
Bottesford is about 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham and 13 miles (21 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles (11 km) west of Grantham. The village is the largest in the Vale of Belvoir and near to Belvoir Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. It had a population of 3,587 at the 2011 census, [1] estimated in 2018 at 3,382. [2]
Denton Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.Restored in 1888, [14] it is mainly Perpendicular in style. [15] In the south aisle is a table-tomb with an effigy of John Blyth, his wife Margaret and his six children; a monument to Richard Welby (d. 1713) is in the north aisle.
Modern day galanthophiles range from teenagers to the elderly, who continue under the same principles but also visit many of the gardens each year to see the displays of snowdrops as part of their hobby. [1] The UK-based Cottage Garden Society has a snowdrop group that visits snowdrop gardens every year. [2]
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and his family home. The orchard in the grounds is home to the famous Newton apple tree. A Grade I listed building, [1] it is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.
The village has an early 19th-century milestone and village pump, which is Grade II listed as a scheduled monument, standing next to the main Grantham to Lincoln road. The inscription on the milestone reads: "From Lincoln 18 miles, from Grantham 7 miles, from London 117 miles". [2] [3]
Harston is a crossroads village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belvoir, in the Melton district, [1] in Leicestershire, England, near the border with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham, about 6 miles (10 km) to the north-east. It once contained several quarries for iron ore.
Redmile is an English village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, about ten miles (16 km) north of Melton Mowbray and seven miles (11 km) west of Grantham. The population of the civil parish, which includes Barkestone-le-Vale and Plungar , was 921 at the 2011 census, [ 1 ] up from 829 in 2001.