Ingoldsby

{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ingoldsby - geograph.org.uk - 87064.jpg

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| static_image_caption= St Bartholomew's Church, Ingoldsby

| country = England

| official_name= Ingoldsby

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| coordinates = {{coord|52.858715|-0.50167|display=inline,title}}

| population= 254

| population_ref= (2001)

| shire_district= South Kesteven

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Grantham and Stamford

| post_town= Grantham

| postcode_district = NG33

| postcode_area= NG

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| os_grid_reference= TF009300

| london_distance_mi= 90

| london_direction= S

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Ingoldsby is a small village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} south-east from the market town of Grantham, {{convert|32|mi}} south of the county town of Lincoln, and {{convert|33|mi}} east of the City of Nottingham. The village contains approximately 121 households.

Ingoldsby is a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish.[http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14023040 Ingoldsby P C C] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073156/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14023040 |date=16 July 2011 }}; Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012 The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe.[http://www.northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk/ingoldsby.htm "St Bartholomew's, Ingoldsby"]; Northbeltisloeparishes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2012 From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson.[http://www.boothby.org.uk/PCPages/NBGC%20and%20Lay%20Ministers%20report%20to%20AGMs%202011.pdf "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."]; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012 The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew.

Ingoldsby is situated midway between Grantham and Bourne. Adjacent villages include Great Humby, Lenton, Bitchfield and Boothby Pagnell. The population of the parish is 254. Close by to the east of the village is the Roman road King Street that ran from Bourne to near Ancaster.{{PastScape|mnumber=1035135|mname=King Street|accessdate=20 March 2010}}{{cite book|first=Ivan D |last=Margary |year=1973 |title=Roman roads in Britain|pages=232–4}}

Adjacent to the village is the minor hamlet of Scotland, and Scotland House.{{PastScape|mnumber=505919|mname=Scotland House|accessdate=20 March 2010}} They are connected by [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/87058 Scotland Lane].{{cite map |publisher=OSGB |title=Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton |url=http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/bourne-and-heckington/pid-9780319238110 |edition=3 |date=3 April 2006 |year= |cartography= |scale=1:25000 |series=OS Explorer |page=248 |section= |inset= |accessdate= |isbn=978-0-319-23811-0 |id= |ref=TF007302 }}{{gbmappingsmall|TF007302}}

Ingoldsby forms the most southerly point of the Ropsley Triangle, which denotes the area between Ropsley, Boothby Pagnell and Ingoldsby.