West Deeping

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

::summary Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England ::

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

Field	Value
static_image_name	King Street West Deeping-Geograph-1516656-by-Paul-Bragg.jpg
static_image_caption	King Street, West Deeping
country	England
official_name	West Deeping
coordinates
population	255
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	South Holland and The Deepings
post_town	PETERBOROUGH
postcode_district	PE6
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF109092
london_distance_mi	85
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name = King Street West Deeping-Geograph-1516656-by-Paul-Bragg.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = King Street, West Deeping | country = England | official_name = West Deeping | map_alt = | coordinates = | population = 255 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = South Holland and The Deepings | post_town = PETERBOROUGH | postcode_district = PE6 | postcode_area = PE | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF109092 | london_distance_mi = 85 | london_direction = S West Deeping is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 255. It is situated on the A1175 road, 5 mi east from Stamford and 2 mi west from Market Deeping. It is the smallest of The Deepings group of villages situated around the A1175 road. Village population is 277.

The name 'Deeping' comes from the Old English deoping meaning 'deep place'.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Nave_of_St_Andrews_West_Deeping-Geograph-1514953-by-Richard-Croft.jpg" caption="Nave of St Andrew's Church, West Deeping"] ::

The Roman road of King Street passes through the village and crosses the A1175.

The church of St Andrew dates back to the 13th century, with further additions in 1676 and 1803 and a restoration in 1876–77, and is Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular in style. It is part of The Uffington Group of the Deanery of Stamford, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

The village public house is the Red Lion.

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. "westdeeping Resources and Information.".
3. "Key to English Place-names".
4. {{PastScape
5. "West Deeping P C C".
6. "Home".

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