Sempringham
Sempringham is a village in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
Sempringham is a village in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south from the A52 road, 12 miles (19 km) east from Grantham and 8 miles (13 km) north from Bourne. The hamlet is on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the closest village being Billingborough, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north on the B1177 road. Sempringham is noted as the home of Gilbert of Sempringham, the son of the lord of the manor. Gilbert is the only English Saint to have founded a monastic order, the Gilbertines. In 1921 the parish had a population of 112. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Pointon and Sempringham".
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Worth seeing in and around Sempringham
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Andrew's Church, Billingborough
St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle, in Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 7 miles south-east from Sleaford, and at the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fenlands.
1 km · church in Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Sempringham Priory
Sempringham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England, located in the medieval hamlet of Sempringham, to the northwest of Pointon. Today, all that remains of the priory is a marking on the ground where the walls stood and a square, which are identifiable only in aerial photos of the vicinity.
1.6 km · building in Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Peter's Church, Threekingham
St Peter's Church is a church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St.
4 km · church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sempringham
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 106 km · London Luton (LTN), 112 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Sempringham55 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sempringham114 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £13–18
- Luton, Luton → Sempringham112 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sempringham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sempringham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Sempringham
Sempringham is 55 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Billingboroughvillage in Lincolnshire900 m
- Horblingvillage in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, UK2 km
- Dowsbyvillage in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, UK3.8 km
- Pointonvillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK1.4 km
- Pointon and Sempringhamcivil parish in South Kesteven700 m
- Birthorpevillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK1.4 km