Boothby Pagnell
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Boothby Pagnell is a village and civil parish
in the South Kesteven
district of Lincolnshire
, England.
, spell the village Boothby Pagnell. The Diocese of Lincoln
spells the PCC as Boothby Pagnall. The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery
of Beltisloe
. The Incumbent is The Rev'd Richard Ireson.
Boothby Pagnell Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew Restored in 1896, it has a Norman tower, font and nave
arcades.
and south of Old Somerby
on the B1176 and about six miles south-east of Grantham
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 150. Boothby Pagnell forms the most western point of The Ropsley Triangle, which denotes the general area between Ropsley
, Boothby Pagnell and Ingoldsby
, in the Norman style
, dating from around 1200 AD. Boothby Pagnell was a small community, its population in 1086 being just 19. The village has archeological remains showing in the field known as 'Cooks Close', west of the church, mainly medieval housing, which seems to have fallen into disuse and dereliction by the fourteenth century, possibly as a result of the desertion of the workforce in the aftermath of the Black Death
.
, was vicar of nearby Burton Coggles
, during his time of discovery in 1666-7, Newton
spent some time in the summer at the rectory of Boothby Pagnell, which had a considerable orchard. It is unknown whether Newton saw the apple fall at Boothby Pagnell or Woolsthorpe. The vicar was the Trinity College
Fellow Humphrey Babington, the brother of Katherine Babington. She was a friend of Hannah Ayscough and the wife of William Clark, the owner of the house at which Newton lodged in Grantham whilst at school.
In his memoirs, Newton noted that he worked on Fluxion
s (what became differential calculus
) at Babington's rectory, and also calculated the area under a hyperbola
(involving integral calculus
).
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the South Kesteven
South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.-History:...
district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
Parish
The local authority, and the Ordnance SurveyOrdnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
, spell the village Boothby Pagnell. The Diocese of Lincoln
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.- History :...
spells the PCC as Boothby Pagnall. The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
of Beltisloe
Beltisloe
Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln England, and a former Wapentake.The Wapentake of Beltisloe, was an old administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire. In England a wapentake was the division of a shire for administrative, military and judicial purposes under the...
. The Incumbent is The Rev'd Richard Ireson.
Boothby Pagnell Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew Restored in 1896, it has a Norman tower, font and nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
arcades.
Geography
The village is just north of BitchfieldBitchfield
Bitchfield is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, consisting of two groups of buildings connected by Dark Lane, known as Bitchfield and Lower Bitchfield, collectively called Bitchfield. It lies on the B1176, running east and parallel to the A1 road, and south east of Grantham.Bitchfield is...
and south of Old Somerby
Old Somerby
Old Somerby is situated three miles east of the town of Grantham in southern Lincolnshire in South Kesteven. It is situated on the B1176 approximately 1 mile from its junction with the A52 and B6403 and 250 metres from the East Coast Main Line....
on the B1176 and about six miles south-east of Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 150. Boothby Pagnell forms the most western point of The Ropsley Triangle, which denotes the general area between Ropsley
Ropsley
Ropsley is a village about east of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.-Village:Ropsley has its own village hall which also within the ground has a basketball court, a football pitch and a cricket pitch. There is a golf course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 12 holes after undergoing...
, Boothby Pagnell and Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby is a small village of approximately 121 households, located seven miles south east of Grantham, in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire.-Parish:...
Boothby Pagnall Manor
Boothby Pagnell has a Grade I listed surviving fragment of a medieval manor houseManor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
, in the Norman style
Norman architecture
About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the...
, dating from around 1200 AD. Boothby Pagnell was a small community, its population in 1086 being just 19. The village has archeological remains showing in the field known as 'Cooks Close', west of the church, mainly medieval housing, which seems to have fallen into disuse and dereliction by the fourteenth century, possibly as a result of the desertion of the workforce in the aftermath of the Black Death
Black Death
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have...
.
Isaac Newton
Although his uncle William Ayscough, the brother of Hannah AyscoughHannah Ayscough
Hannah Ayscough was the mother of Sir Isaac Newton.-Early life:Hannah was born in Market Overton in Rutland in 1623. Her parents were James Ayscough and his wife Margery Blythe.-Motherhood:...
, was vicar of nearby Burton Coggles
Burton Coggles
Burton Coggles is a small village and civil parish located south of Grantham in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England...
, during his time of discovery in 1666-7, Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
spent some time in the summer at the rectory of Boothby Pagnell, which had a considerable orchard. It is unknown whether Newton saw the apple fall at Boothby Pagnell or Woolsthorpe. The vicar was the Trinity College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
Fellow Humphrey Babington, the brother of Katherine Babington. She was a friend of Hannah Ayscough and the wife of William Clark, the owner of the house at which Newton lodged in Grantham whilst at school.
In his memoirs, Newton noted that he worked on Fluxion
Method of Fluxions
Method of Fluxions is a book by Isaac Newton. The book was completed in 1671, and published in 1736. Fluxions is Newton's term for differential calculus...
s (what became differential calculus
Differential calculus
In mathematics, differential calculus is a subfield of calculus concerned with the study of the rates at which quantities change. It is one of the two traditional divisions of calculus, the other being integral calculus....
) at Babington's rectory, and also calculated the area under a hyperbola
Hyperbola
In mathematics a hyperbola is a curve, specifically a smooth curve that lies in a plane, which can be defined either by its geometric properties or by the kinds of equations for which it is the solution set. A hyperbola has two pieces, called connected components or branches, which are mirror...
(involving integral calculus
Integral
Integration is an important concept in mathematics and, together with its inverse, differentiation, is one of the two main operations in calculus...
).
External links
- "Boothby Pagnell", genuki.org.uk; retrieved 30 June 2011
- Isaac Newton and Boothby Pagnell
- Former vicars of the church
- Village web site