Fenton, West Lindsey


Fenton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, west from Saxilby, and on the A156 Lincoln to Gainsborough road. The population of the civil parish was 297 at the 2001 census, increasing to 353 at the 2011 census.
Fenton is a centre for the breeding of a local cattle variety, the Lincoln Reds. It is also a centre for fishing, being to the east the River Trent.
The ecclesiastical parish is Kettlethorpe with Fenton, part of the Saxilby Group of the Deanery of Corringham. The parish church is in the smaller village of Kettlethorpe to the south. The 2014 incumbent is Rev Canon Rhys Prosser.
The village public house is the Carpenter Arms.