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Baston
Baston is a village and parish on the edge of The Fens and in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The 2011 census reported the parish had 1,469 people in 555 households.
Like most fen-edge parishes, it was laid out more than a thousand years ago, in an elongated form, to afford the produce from a variety of habitats for the villagers. The village itself lies along the road between King Street, a road built in the second century, and Baston Fen which is on the margin of the much bigger Deeping Fen. Until the nineteenth century, the heart of Deeping Fen was a common fen on which all the surrounding villages had rights of turbary, fowling and pasture.
A significant Roman feature of Baston is the Roman road leading across the fen towards Spalding. Part of the modern fen road follows it.
At the end of the village, near King Street, was an Anglian cemetery which was in use up to about the year 500. This coincides approximately with the date of the beginning of King Arthur's exploits, as reported by the Historia Brittonum, when Arthur fought his first battle at the mouth of the River Glen and stopped the spread of Anglo-Saxon settlement for fifty years.[citation needed] The Anglo-Saxon cemetery, of funerary urns, was found by Rev. Edward Trollope in 1851. He found around 10 burials in 1863 and traces of another 16 were found in 1963
Baston Manor House is a 16th century structure which was altered and extended in the 17th, late 18th, late 19th and early 20th centuries. The manor house has been Grade II listed since 1952. Also listed are the Manor House's two sets of 18th century stables, one to the east (now a garage) and another to the west which is listed along with a granary. In the 19th century the Manor House was owned by Robert Marriott a noted horse-breeder who won many prizes at local agricultural shows, he lived there until 1876. The house was later bought by Francis Knipe in 1888 when he had 120 bullocks and 600 sheep. Over 300 blue rock pigeons were kept in the dovecote at the Manor House in past times, and were released for sport in the days before clay pigeon shooting.
Like most places in Europe, Baston suffered from the plague. Some Baston plague victims are shown in burial lists. A possible plague burial was uncovered during the building of a corn dryer.
The 'Baston Pig' was a name for the Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig.
Baston is served by a Parish Council, two District Councillors who represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a County Councillor representing Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The current District Councillors elected in May 2023 are Vanessa Smith (Green) and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con). The Lincolnshire County Councillor elected in 2021 is Ashley John Baxter (Ind).
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Baston
Baston is a village and parish on the edge of The Fens and in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The 2011 census reported the parish had 1,469 people in 555 households.
Like most fen-edge parishes, it was laid out more than a thousand years ago, in an elongated form, to afford the produce from a variety of habitats for the villagers. The village itself lies along the road between King Street, a road built in the second century, and Baston Fen which is on the margin of the much bigger Deeping Fen. Until the nineteenth century, the heart of Deeping Fen was a common fen on which all the surrounding villages had rights of turbary, fowling and pasture.
A significant Roman feature of Baston is the Roman road leading across the fen towards Spalding. Part of the modern fen road follows it.
At the end of the village, near King Street, was an Anglian cemetery which was in use up to about the year 500. This coincides approximately with the date of the beginning of King Arthur's exploits, as reported by the Historia Brittonum, when Arthur fought his first battle at the mouth of the River Glen and stopped the spread of Anglo-Saxon settlement for fifty years.[citation needed] The Anglo-Saxon cemetery, of funerary urns, was found by Rev. Edward Trollope in 1851. He found around 10 burials in 1863 and traces of another 16 were found in 1963
Baston Manor House is a 16th century structure which was altered and extended in the 17th, late 18th, late 19th and early 20th centuries. The manor house has been Grade II listed since 1952. Also listed are the Manor House's two sets of 18th century stables, one to the east (now a garage) and another to the west which is listed along with a granary. In the 19th century the Manor House was owned by Robert Marriott a noted horse-breeder who won many prizes at local agricultural shows, he lived there until 1876. The house was later bought by Francis Knipe in 1888 when he had 120 bullocks and 600 sheep. Over 300 blue rock pigeons were kept in the dovecote at the Manor House in past times, and were released for sport in the days before clay pigeon shooting.
Like most places in Europe, Baston suffered from the plague. Some Baston plague victims are shown in burial lists. A possible plague burial was uncovered during the building of a corn dryer.
The 'Baston Pig' was a name for the Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig.
Baston is served by a Parish Council, two District Councillors who represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a County Councillor representing Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The current District Councillors elected in May 2023 are Vanessa Smith (Green) and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con). The Lincolnshire County Councillor elected in 2021 is Ashley John Baxter (Ind).