[2] It is on the highest part of the road from Bawtry to Gainsborough, six miles east-southeast of the former, and the same distance west by north of the latter town.

From its situation on the loftiest of the promontories which overlook the wide extent of Misson Carr and Misterton Carr, it commands such extensive prospects that Lincoln Cathedral can be seen from it on a clear day across the vale of the Trent, whilst in the nearer distance the Chesterfield Canal appears emerging from the tunnel at Drakeholes, winding under the long ridge of hills which extends eastward to the River Trent.

These are the site of a prehistoric hillfort at Beacon Hill, the stump of a medieval market cross, and a four-storey tower windmill dating from 1830.

Of note is an Early English pillar piscina, a free-standing bowl for washing the communion vessels.

[4] A brick tower windmill was built at Gringley c. 1830 by Jabez Wilkinson, replacing a post mill on the same site.