Harlaxton
Sign in to saveHarlaxton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir and just off the A607, south-west from Grantham and north-east from Melton Mowbray.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Kesteven
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 782
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Harlaxton
- UK place.population
- 705
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Kesteven
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Grantham and Stamford
- UK place.post_town
- GRANTHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- NG32
- UK place.postcode_area
- NG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01476
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK884325
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +705
- Image
- Harlaxton Three Shires Mooring.JPG
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Harlaxton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir and just off the A607, south-west from Grantham and north-east from Melton Mowbray.
==History== thumb|left|230px|Harlaxton village sign thumb|left|230px|Coneygree and gazebo thumb|left|230px|SS Mary and Peter's Church, Harlaxton thumb|left|230px|Narrowboat mooring at Harlaxton Wharf Aerial photography has revealed that Harlaxton was the site of a unique Neolithic long barrow enclosure that formed a cursus, believed to have been made of multiple rows of standing wooden columns. Dilwyn Jones has speculated that the form of the complex indicates that Harlaxton was an important inter-regional link during the Neolithic period.