Carrington is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north from the market town of Boston.
The village was created a township in 1812 after the drainage of the West Fen in 1802, and became a civil parish in 1858. The civil parish of Carrington also includes the village of New Bolingbroke, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north and the hamlet of Medlam. The parish has a population of 564 according to the 2001 Census, reducing slightly to 554 at the 2011 Census.
Carrington church is dedicated to St Paul, and was built of red brick in 1816 under the Fen Chapel Act (1816), with its chancel being added in 1872. It is a Grade II listed building.
Carrington's school, the Medlam School, was opened in February 1881 by the West Fen United District School Board which existed from 1879 to 1903. By the time of its closure in 1987 it was known as Carrington County Primary School. Children now attend school in nearby Stickney.
Carrington Rally is an annual event which has taken place each spring for over 50 years, and is a steam and tractor show which supports local charities.
New Bolingbroke is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Lincolnshire Fens, and is about 6 miles (10 km) east from Coningsby. The village was established by John Parkinson, who was a steward to Sir Joseph Banks. It is in the civil parish of Carrington.
Built in the 1820s, the village hall continues to be called the Town Hall, the name it was given when John Parkinson established New Bolingbroke with the aspiration of it becoming a market town. It is a Grade II listed building.
New Bolingbroke Church, dedicated to St Peter, was built in 1854 by Samuel Sanders Teulon. It is a Grade II listed building.
The Crescent, a curved line of red-brick shops and houses, was built in 1823 by John Parkinson to house the workers of his weaving factory; the houses are now all privately owned. The Crescent is Grade II listed.
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