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Witham on the Hill

Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Witham on the Hill
country	England
region	East Midlands
static_image_name	Church of St Andrew, Witham on the Hill - geograph.org.uk - 203015.jpg
static_image_caption	St Andrew, Witham on the Hill
population	260
population_ref	(2011 census)
os_grid_reference	TF053165
map_type	Lincolnshire
coordinates
post_town	BOURNE
postcode_area	PE
postcode_district	PE10
dial_code	01778
civil_parish	Witham on the Hill
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Stamford
london_distance_mi	85
london_direction	SSE

NOTOC Witham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 260 at the 2011 census.

History

The hall is a Grade II listed building, dating from ca 1730 but extended several times. The hall was once owned by descendants of Archdeacon Robert Johnson, the founder of Oakham and Uppingham Schools, including Lieutenant-General William Augustus Johnson MP.

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew. The tower and steeple were re-built in a medieval revival style by the Stamford architect George Portwood in 1737–8.

The original village stocks and whipping post are preserved under a modern canopy.

In 2002, West Farm (on the Little Bytham road) had trials for GM rapeseed planted by Aventis.

Geography

The village is between the east and west tributaries of the River Glen, and despite its name, is not on the top of its 'hill', which reaches a peak 1 mi west towards Careby. It is approximately 0.5 mi from the A6121 Bourne-Stamford road. To the west is Little Bytham, and to the east are Manthorpe and Toft. The predominant landowner in the area is the Grimsthorpe Estate.

The civil parish covers a large area, extending north into Grimsthorpe Park and Dobbins Wood where it meets the boundary of Edenham, and the boundary with Toft with Lound and Manthorpe is mostly along the A6121. Manthorpe, Bourne used to be part of the civil parish.

Community

The village has a co-educational preparatory school, Witham Hall, which marked its 50th year in 2009. The nearest state primary school is on Creeton Road in Little Bytham. Secondary schools are in Bourne.

The Six Bells public house was built in 1905 by the architect A. N. Prentice and is Grade II listed. It is on the road to the A6121. When built, the parish church did have six bells, but in 1932 they were augmented to eight.

References

"Witham on the Hill". Lincolnshire county council.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
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(7 December 2001). "GM weeds finally destroyed". Friends of The Earth.
Lean, Geoffrey. (28 October 2007). "GM: The Secret Files". The Independent.
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