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Carlton Scroop is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the market town of Grantham and east from the village of Hougham. The A607 road to Lincoln passes through the centre of the village. ==History== The village is listed in the ''Domesday'' survey as "Carletune".〔 Carlton Scroop Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.〔("Church of St Nicholas" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage; retrieved 11 July 2011〕 Parts of the fabric are Norman, although the most obvious features are Decorated. The east window, depicting two kneeling figures each holding a shield, is an example of 14th-century medieval stained glass. Called the Newmarch window it dates from 1310. The base of the tower is 12th-century and the upper part from 1632, constructed after the former steeple collapsed.〔〔Pevsner, Nikolaus: ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire''〕 Following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish subscribed to the Grantham Poor Law Union. The village was once split in two by the Honington and Lincoln railway, opened in 1867, later part of the Great Northern Railway. The railway was closed during the Beeching cuts of 1965. A microwave tower formed part of a cold war emergency microwave communications system, 'Backbone'.〔 A Cold War era bunker of the Royal Observer Corps was built in 1965 and abandoned in 1968, and is now demolished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlton Scroop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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