Great Gonerby

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = High Street, Great Gonerby - geograph.org.uk - 113632.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = High Street, Great Gonerby | country = England | official_name = Great Gonerby | map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|52.934538|-0.666668|display=inline,title}} | population = 2,200 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]]) | shire_district = [[South Kesteven]] | shire_county = [[Lincolnshire]] | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = [[Grantham and Bourne]]  | post_town = Grantham | postcode_district = NG31 | postcode_area = NG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK897382 | london_distance_mi = 100 | london_direction = S }}

'''Great Gonerby''' 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 2,200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123915&c=Great+Gonerby&d=16&e=62&g=6447478&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463579626047&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=18 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It is situated less than {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} north from [[Grantham]]. To its north is Gonerby Moor, part of Great Gonerby civil parish, and the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]]. It is {{convert|330|ft|m|0}} above [[sea level]] and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/67412 overlooks] the [[Vale of Belvoir]] to the west and Grantham to the south.<ref name=GN>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitoruk.com/grantham/great-gonerby-C592-V24764.html |title= Great Gonerby |publisher=Visitoruk.com |accessdate=3 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=BK>{{Cite book| title=The Lincolnshire Village Book |author= Lincolnshire Federation of Women's Institutes |series=Villages of England |publisher=Countryside Books |date=19 March 1990 |isbn=978-1853060779}}{{page needed|date=June 2013}}</ref><ref name=V>{{cite web |url=http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/north_of_grantham.htm |title=North of Grantham |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728143733/http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/north_of_grantham.htm |archivedate=28 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}}, biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk</ref>

==Geography== [[File:UK GreatGonerby.jpg|thumb|left|80px|alt=closeup of village sign|[[Village sign]] in Great Gonerby]] The [[urban sprawl]] from Grantham in the 1990s has meant that the village is separated from the town by approximately {{convert|400|yd|m|0}}.

Great Gonerby, with about 825 houses,{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} has a social club, village shop, post office, and the ''Recruiting Sergeant'' [[public house]]. Harry's Place, with seating for 10, is significant for being the smallest Michelin-starred restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.restaurant-guide.com/harrys-place.htm |title=Harry's Place |publisher=Restaurant-guide.com |accessdate=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517054911/http://www.restaurant-guide.com/harrys-place.htm |archivedate=17 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/news/interview-with-harry-hallam |title=Interview with Harry Hallam |publisher=Good Food Guide |accessdate=3 March 2013 |date=16 August 2011}}</ref>

==History== The large [[parish church]] is dedicated to [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113632 St Sebastian]. It is part of the Barrowby and Great Gonerby Group of the [[Deanery]] of Grantham. The 2013 incumbent was Rev Peter Hopkins who retired in 2019. The Church currently runs without fixed ordained presence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19104010 |title=Great Gonerby P C C |publisher=[[Diocese of Lincoln]] |accessdate=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512080038/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19104010 |archivedate=12 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gonerbychurch/index.html |title=Church web site}}</ref>

A house called Cromwell's Cottage takes its name from the tradition that [[Oliver Cromwell]] based his troops here before attacking Grantham.<ref name=BK/><ref name=V/>

The local inhabitants are known as 'Clockpelters', from the habit of trying to strike the face of the church clock with stones or snowballs.<ref name=BK/><ref name=V/> The clock dates from 1897.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/GreatGonerby/ |title=GreatGonerby}}, [[Genuki]].org.uk</ref> {{clear left}}

==Economy== At the Triangle industrial estate, the [[Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes|NAAFI]] had a £4m depot run by Watson & Philip Foodservice, of [[Dundee]], from December 1994. It served the north of England, with around 200 staff. Watson & Philip ran the [[Alldays (supermarket)]].<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 30 December 1994, page 6</ref> The NAAFI was headquartered in [[Amesbury]] in [[Wiltshire]].<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 20 May 1994, page 4</ref><ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 7 March 1997, page 1</ref> The site was officially opened on Wednesday May 22 1996 by [[Air marshal|Air Marshal]] Sir [[Peter Squire]].<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 17 May 1996, page 2</ref> From October 1997 it became Puritan Maid, owned by [[Brake Bros]].

==Transport== The village gives its name to the [[Grantham North services|Gonerby Moor services]], which opened in January 1964.

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Great Gonerby}} * [http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/GreatGonerby Parish Council] * [http://www.stsebastiangtgonerby.co.uk St Sebastians church] * [http://www.st-sebastians.lincs.sch.uk Primary school]

[[Category:Villages in Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire]] [[Category:South Kesteven]] [[Category:Areas of Grantham]]