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Great Ponton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from Grantham, and on the A1 trunk road, which bisects the village. The tower of the parish church is a landmark beside the road. In the 2001 Census, the population of the village was recorded as 100% white ethnic origin, and 87% Christian, with an average age of 40.〔 ==History== The village belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo.〔("Winnibriggs and Threo Wap" ), Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2012〕 In the early 1930s Lt-Col Edgar Herapath DSO lived at Great Ponton House. His sister married the cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne. On 12 October 1932 Flt Lt Harold Marett and Acting Pilot Officer Adrian White, from No 3 Flying Training School, crashed their RAF aeroplane in a field. The passenger in the plane had attempted to parachute.〔(1932 aeroplane crash )〕 The Great Ponton railway station is now closed. In the 1930s it employed Baron Greenhill of Harrow. On 4 March 2000 a train broke down nearby after a fire broke out in one of its air-conditioning units, and about one hundred passengers were evacuated. 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「Great Ponton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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