Greatford is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

[5] In October 1892 a granary full of barley collapsed at the farm of the Dean family, killing four people: two from Greatford, one from Langtoft and one from Market Deeping.

[6] Greatford Grade I listed church, built in Early English style, dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury.

Greatford Hall was originally a manor house built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century.

It was the home and private asylum for Francis Willis, the physician who treated and 'cured' King George III of his 'madness' here in 1788.

In 1940 Dowsett bought the Lowestoft-based firm of shipbuilders, Brooke Marine that made Royal Navy landing craft during the Second World War.

1890 – 1900 Mr & Mrs Starkie, 1903 – 1928 Mr & Mrs Barnes, 1940 – 1944 Reg & Martha Simpkins, 1945 – 1951 Tom & Sylvia Bills, 1952 – 1962 Earnie & Doris Groves, 1962 – 1968 Jock & Jean Brown, 1968 – 1971 Keith & Sylvia ( Surname unknown)Button?, 1971 – 1975 Ted & Joan Pass, 1975 – 1978 Malcolm & Jane Mills, 1978 – 1979 Kay & Tim (Surname unknown), 1979 – 1980 Dave Medcalf, 1980 – 1981 Alf Button, 1981 – 1984 Peter & Valerie Wilkins, 1984 – 1985 Nigel & Melinda Dawkins, 1985 – 1986 Mr & Mrs Simpson (Brewery Managers), 1986 – 1987 Ricky & Olga Podmore, 1987 – 1989 John & Pat Vasey, 1989 – 1990 Michael Thurlby, 1990 – 1993 Nigel & Melinda Dawkins, 1999 – 2006 Nick & Bridie Hards, 2006 – 2010 Gemma Dixie, 2011 – to date Steven Rigby & Alexandra Faux.

Close to the village near Greatford Hall, the boundary passes north, crossing the road to Carlby.

(there is a 12m spot height for the village itself on the OS map)[10] The underlying geology of the parish is Sedimentary: to the South and East is of a Kellaways sand and siltstone.mix, and to the North and West a Kellaways clay deposit where the land rises at the western edge of the Parish.