Claypole, Lincolnshire

Claypole
Church of St Peter, Claypole
Claypole is located in Lincolnshire
Claypole
Claypole
Location within Lincolnshire
Population1,382 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK850490
• London105 mi (169 km) S
Civil parish
  • Claypole
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewark
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°02′N 0°44′W / 53.033°N 0.733°W / 53.033; -0.733

Claypole 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 1,382.[1] It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from the market town of Newark-on-Trent, just east of the Grantham to Newark stretch of the A1.

The name Claypole is from the Old English 'clæg' and 'pol', for "clayey pool".[2] The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Claipol" and as having a church, a priest and one mill.

  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p. 117, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X