{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text|Hungerton|Hungarton, a village in Leicestershire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Grantham and Bourne <!-- 2024 --> | post_town = Grantham | postcode_district = NG32 | postcode_area = NG | london_distance_mi = 95<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = SSE | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK877297 | static_image = Wyville, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 30282.jpg | static_image_caption = Wyville, Lincolnshire. On the left is St Catherine's parish church, and just beyond it are Church Cottages. }} {{geoGroup}} __NOTOC__ '''Wyville''' is a village in the civil parish of Wyville cum Hungerton, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, and situated approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south-west from Grantham The whole parish covers about {{convert|1670|acre|km2|1}}. The population is included in the civil parish of Little Ponton and Stroxton.
The village is an ecclesiastical parish of the Harlaxton Group of the Grantham Deanery in the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is Rev Keith Hanson.<ref name=pcc>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19108020|title=ecclesiastical parish details|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307124258/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19108020|archivedate=7 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://harlaxtongroup.co.uk/|title=Web site of Harlaxton group of parishes, including parish magazine|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817165653/http://harlaxtongroup.co.uk/|archivedate=17 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Wyville== {{coord|52.854|-0.695|format=dms|display=inline|name=Wyville, Lincolnshire}}<br /> Wyville is a small hamlet consisting mainly of a collection of farm buildings and a 19th-century church.
A small spring runs to the south of the hamlet, toward the Cringle Stream at Stoke Rochford, an early tributary of the River Witham.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=OSGB|title=Sheet 130 Grantham:Sleaford & Bourne|scale=1:50000|isbn=978-0-319-22929-3|edition=C2-}}{{Gbmappingsmall|SK884291}}</ref> {{clear}}
==Hungerton==
thumb|upright=1.3|left|Hungerton Hall {{coord|52.859|-0.699|format=dms|display=inline|name=Hungerton, Lincolnshire}}<br /> Hungerton is a small hamlet set about a half mile northwest of Wyville. Hungerton has been the population centre of the parish in recent centuries. {{clear}}
==History== Both villages are listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, and at the time of the survey were larger than today.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber= 323572|mname=Early history of Wyville|accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=323789|mname=Shrunken medieval village of Hungerton|accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref><br /> St Catherine has long been associated with Wyville. Ancient stone coffins have been found on what may have been the site of the original church.<ref name=ps3>{{PastScape|mnumber=323555|mname=Ancient stone coffins|accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref> The present church was built in 1858.<ref name=ps3/><ref name=Wilson>{{cite book|year=1872|editor-first=John Marius|editor-last=Wilson|title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales}}</ref>
In 1848 Samuel Lewis described the parish as: :"WYVILL, a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (N. W.) from Colsterworth; containing, with Hungerton, 137 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Hungerton united; net income, £35; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is in ruins, and the inhabitants attend that at Harlaxton."<ref>{{cite book|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|editor-first=Samuel|editor-last=Lewis|year=1848|pages=703–707 'Wyke - Wyvill'|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51435|publisher=Samuel Lewis & Co.| location=London}}</ref> A few years later John Marius Wilson said of the parish: :"WYVILLE-WITH-HUNGERTON, a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; 3½ miles W by S of Great Ponton r. station, and 5 SSW of Grantham. Post town, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £1,840. Pop., 155. Houses, 28. The living is a double rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £35. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church was built in 1858."<ref name=Wilson/>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Wyville}} *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Wyville/ "Wyville (Wyville with Hungerton, or Hungerton cum Wyville)"], Genuki.org.uk
<!--{{coord|52|51|N|0|41|W|type:city_region:GB_source:openstreetmap|display=title}}--> <!-- Openstreetmap coordinates (52.854507, -0.690128) linked to description: hamlet Wyville (which is about 7km south-west of town Grantham and about 45km south of city Lincoln) found about 3km south of village Harlaxton (which is about 5km south-west of town Grantham and about 40km south of city Lincoln) -->
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:South Kesteven