Panton, Lincolnshire
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Panton is a village in the civil parish
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...

 of East Barkwith
East Barkwith
East Barkwith is a village and civil parish on the A157 about north east of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a grade II* listed building dating from the early 12th century, with later restorations, and is built of greenstone limestone...

, in the district of East Lindsey
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

, 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
England
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. It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) northeast of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

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Panton was mentioned in Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086 when it had 32 households and 40 acres of meadow and a church.

The former Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

s church is now a hay barn, and is a grade II listed building built in the 18th century. It was restored in 1905 when the chancel arch was built and again 1925-30 by Christopher Turnor. Several 18th century gravestones survive.

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