Honington, Lincolnshire
| Honington | |
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 St Wilfrid's Church and vicarage, Honington |
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| Honington shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 133 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SK947431 |
| • London | 100 mi (160 km) S |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grantham |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Honington is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just north of the junction between the A153 and A607 roads, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Grantham and 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Sleaford.
To the east of Honington are earthwork remains of an Iron Age fort, measuring 130-metre (430 ft) by 116-metre (381 ft) with defensive banks and ditches. There a hoard of Roman coins was found in 1691, although an investigation in 1976 could find no evidence of Roman occupation. The 1885 Kelly's Directory view of the earthworks "on the heath near the village" is that it is the site of a Roman Camp with fosse and vallum.
In the Domesday account Honington is written as "Hondintone", "Hundindune" and "Hundinton". Before the Conquest lordship was held by Godwin of Barrowby, and after by Ivo Tallboys. The village belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo.
Kelly's noted that Honington was a parish and railway station on the Grantham, Sleaford and Boston branch of the Great Northern Railway, at the junction of the Lincoln line. Agricultural production was chiefly wheat barley oats turnips and seeds, in a parish area of 1,454 acres (5.88 km2) with an 1881 population of 177. The Lord of the Manor and sole landowner was Edward Southwell Trafford of Wroxham Hall, Norwich.
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