Tag: Ancaster

Ancaster is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the site of the Roman town of “Causennae”
Ancaster Hall at The University of Nottingham is named after the parish and the, now extinct, title of the Earl of Ancaster.
It is situated midway between Sleaford and Grantham on the A153 road at its junction with the B6403 (Ermine Street). North of the village, the B6403 (High Dike) is the dividing line between South and North Kesteven. Towards Sleaford is Wilsford and to the east is Sudbrook.
Ancaster has a C.E. Primary School, local shop, butchers, a small railway station on the Nottingham-Skegness line, post office, and two petrol stations. There are two pubs: the Railway Inn, and the Ermine Way, both on Ermine Street and also a Sports and Social Club, associated with the playing field. Woodland Waters holiday park is situated just outside the village.
The ecclesiastical parish is linked with Wilsford, and is part of the Loveden Deanery of the Diocese of…