Little Ponton and Stroxton

Little Ponton and Stroxton is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 135 across 62 homes, increasing to 235 at the 2011 census.

The civil parish contains the villages of Little Ponton and Stroxton, the Nature reserve of Woodnock Valley, The site of a Roman settlement, and part of the Roman road of Ermine Street (known locally as the High Dyke).

The parish was created in 1931 by combining the former civil parishes of Little Ponton and Stroxton.

Local democracy is represented by a parish council, which has been criticised for certain technical failings.

The site of a Roman settlement at Saltersford on the Witham has been identified as the Roman town of Causennae or Causennis mentioned in the Antonine itinerary. Saltersford itself was part of an ancient trading route from Droitwich to the Wash.

Part of the Roman road of Ermine Street (known locally as the High Dyke) passes through the parish.

The parish is bisected by the A1 road, in the south following the path of its predecessor, The Great North Road. At SK921319 they diverge. The new route heads NorthWest as the Grantham Bypass; the older route still runs North into Grantham over Spitalgate Hill, now numbered B1174.

The older Roman road, High Dyke, crosses the eastern end of the parish. The River Witham flows south to north through the parish, and the East Coast Main Line runs paralllel to that, slightly more to the east.

...
Wikipedia