Stewton

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = St.Andrew's church, Stewton, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 134028.jpg

| static_image_alt =

| static_image_caption = St Andrew's Church, Stewton

| country = England

| official_name = Stewton

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.360039|0.043305|display=inline,title}}

| population =

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| shire_district = East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle

| post_town = Louth

| postcode_district = LN11

| postcode_area = LN

| dial_code = 01507

| os_grid_reference = TF360867

| london_distance_mi = 135

| london_direction = S

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Stewton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about {{convert|2|mi|km}} east from the town of Louth, in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The population is included in the civil parish of Keddington.

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is written as "Stivetone", with 19 households, 3 acres of meadow and 5 acres of woodland.{{cite web|title=Stewton|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF3687/stewton/|work=Domesday Map|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|access-date=8 August 2011}}

The Grade II* listed parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the 11th century, although it was rebuilt in 1866 by James Fowler of Louth. In 1902 the west porch was added.{{NHLE|desc=St Andrews, Stewton|num=1359976|access-date=8 August 2011}}

Stewton was the birthplace of William Spavens (1735–99), whose life story 'The Seaman's Narrative' is an important historical source about life in the Royal Navy.William Spavens, 'The Narrative of W. Spavens, Chatham Pensioner, Written by Himself', Louth, 1796 In it he describes how he was forced into the Navy by a press gang but later joined a press gang himself.