Great Carlton
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Great Carlton is a village and civil parish
about 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of the town of Louth
, Lincolnshire
, England.
Great Carlton was referred to in Domesday Book
as Magna Carleton. The name Carlton derives from the Old English Ceorlatun meaning the village of the free peasants, from the word ceorl meaning free peasant. There was a market granted to Great Carlton in 1275.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and was largely rebuilt in 1861 by James Fowler
in a thirteenth century style, although it retains its 15th century Perpendicular tower. It is a Grade II listed building.
The Grade II listed church lychgate
dates from 1871 and was erected by Canon Pretyman.
Great Carlton CE School was founded in 1716 as Great Carlton Free School. It later became a National School, and by 1906 it was simply known as Great Carlton School. It closed in the summer of 1976.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
about 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of the town of Louth
Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
Great Carlton was referred to in Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as Magna Carleton. The name Carlton derives from the Old English Ceorlatun meaning the village of the free peasants, from the word ceorl meaning free peasant. There was a market granted to Great Carlton in 1275.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and was largely rebuilt in 1861 by James Fowler
James Fowler (architect)
James Fowler JP, FRIBA, known as “Fowler of Louth”, was an English ecclesiastical architect of the Victorian Age chiefly associated with the restoration and renovation of churches....
in a thirteenth century style, although it retains its 15th century Perpendicular tower. It is a Grade II listed building.
The Grade II listed church lychgate
Lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.-Name:...
dates from 1871 and was erected by Canon Pretyman.
Great Carlton CE School was founded in 1716 as Great Carlton Free School. It later became a National School, and by 1906 it was simply known as Great Carlton School. It closed in the summer of 1976.