Skillington

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title: "Skillington" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "villages-in-lincolnshire", "south-kesteven-district"] description: "Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skillington" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	Skillington, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 38272.jpg
static_image_caption	Skillington village
country	England
official_name	Skillington
coordinates
population	314
population_ref	(2021)
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Stamford
post_town	Grantham
postcode_district	NG33
postcode_area	NG
os_grid_reference	SK897258
london_distance_mi	95
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name = Skillington, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 38272.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = Skillington village | country = England | official_name = Skillington | map_alt = | coordinates = | population = 314 | population_ref = (2021) | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Grantham and Stamford | post_town = Grantham | postcode_district = NG33 | postcode_area = NG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK897258 | london_distance_mi = 95 | london_direction = S Skillington is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 314. It is situated 1.5 mi west from the A1 road, 6 mi south from Grantham, and is within 3 mi of the Leicestershire border. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/St.James'_church,_Skillington,Lincs.-geograph.org.uk-_164728.jpg" caption="St James' church"] ::

Nearby villages include Buckminster, Sproxton, Stainby, Sewstern, Colsterworth and Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, with the latter the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton.

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint James. It dates from the 11th century and is built of limestone. The tower dates from the 13th century. The vestry was added in the 19th century. The font is 14th-century, and there is a 17th-century oak chest. Built into the north wall of the chancel are two 13th-century grave slabs, one re-used in memory of John Bowfield, who died in 1730. There are two stained glass windows to the memory of the Rev Charles Hudson, vicar, killed on the Matterhorn in 1865.

References

References

1. "Skillington (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
2. Gleick, J. ''Isaac Newton''. Harper Perennial; 3rd edition (2004)
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