Great Ponton
Coordinates: 52°51′42″N 0°37′44″W / 52.8616°N 0.62885°W
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 Holy Cross church |
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Great Ponton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 333 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SK924302 |
| Civil parish | Great Ponton |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG33 5xx |
| Dialling code | 01476 53xxxx |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Great Ponton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. In the 2001 census, the population of the village was 100% white ethnic origin, and 87% Christian.[citation needed]
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[edit] Geography
Great Ponton is is situated on the A1 approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Grantham. A footbridge provides pedestrian access from the west of the village to the east over the A1. To the east is the River Witham[1] and the East Coast Main Line.
Nearby villages include Stoke Rochford, Stroxton and Little Ponton. To the north is the parish of Little Ponton and Stroxton, and the parish boundary crosses the A1 at 200 metres south of the electricity pylons, opposite Gibbet Hill, to the west. Due east, it crosses Ermine Street (B6403) south of Ponton Park Wood. It meets Boothby Pagnell west of Boothby Great Wood, and the boundary skirts the wood's western edge. East of Ponton Great Wood, on the road to Boothby Pagnell, it meets Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe, with the boundary following the road westwards, to the north of Bassingthorpe New Plantation.
It follows the western side of the plantation southwards to the Bassingthorpe road, west of Stoke Tunnel Farm, where it meets Stoke Rochford. It follows the road, south of Pasture Farm, to the west of the East Coast Main Line road bridge, and from the bridge follows due west to the A1 at North Lodge Plantation, and meets Cringle Brook, which meanders alongside the A1 northwards to the village. The boundary passes to the south of Cindertrack Plantation, and to the north of Halfmoon Plantation, where it meets Wyville cum Hungerton. A half mile north it meets Little Ponton and Stroxton.
[edit] History
In the early 1930s Lt-Col Edgar Herapath DSO lived at Great Ponton House. His sister married the cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne.[citation needed]
On 12 October 1932 Flt Lt Harold Marett and Acting Pilot Officer Adrian White crashed their RAF plane in the village, when with No 3 Flying Training School, when it nose-dived into a farmer's field. The passenger in the plane had attempted to parachute.[2]
The Great Ponton railway station is now closed. In the 1930s it employed Baron Greenhill of Harrow.[citation needed]
On 4 March 2000 a train broke down nearby after a fire broke out in one of its air-conditioning units, and about one hundred passengers were evacuated.[citation needed]
[edit] Village
Great Ponton is located within a stretch of the A1 notorious for being an accident blackspot; the most dangerous section of road in Lincolnshire.[citation needed]
The village church is dedicated to the Holy Cross and is in the Colsterworth Group of churches, which includes Little Ponton. It's tower was built in 1519 by Anthony Ellys, and Charles Hoole was the vicar from 1642-6.[citation needed]
Great Ponton primary school is on Mill Lane.
There is a Texaco garage-cum-shop at the Ponton Main Service Station on the north-bound carriageway of the A1; The Blue Horse village public house is on the south-bound carriageway.
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