Wyville | |
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Wyville, Lincolnshire. On the left is St Catherine's parish church, and just beyond it are Church Cottages. | |
OS grid reference | SK877297 |
• London | 95 mi (153 km) SSE |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Grantham |
Postcode district | NG32 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wyville is a village in the civil parish of Wyville cum Hungerton, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, and situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west from Grantham The whole parish covers about 1,670 acres (6.8 km2). The population is included in the civil parish of Little Ponton and Stroxton.
The village is an ecclesiastical parish of the Harlaxton Group of the Grantham Deanery in the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is Rev Keith Hanson. [1] [2]
52°51′14″N 0°41′42″W / 52.854°N 0.695°W
Wyville is a small hamlet consisting mainly of a collection of farm buildings and a 19th-century church.
A small spring runs to the south of the hamlet, toward the Cringle Stream at Stoke Rochford, an early tributary of the River Witham. [3]
52°51′32″N 0°41′56″W / 52.859°N 0.699°W
Hungerton is a small hamlet set about a half mile northwest of Wyville. Hungerton has been the population centre of the parish in recent centuries.
Both villages are listed in the
Domesday Book, and at the time of the survey were larger than today.
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St Catherine has long been associated with Wyville. Ancient stone coffins have been found on what may have been the site of the original church.
[6] The present church was built in 1858.
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In 1848 Samuel Lewis described the parish as:
A few years later John Marius Wilson said of the parish: