South Carlton

South Carlton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[1] South Carlton church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century with later alterations.

After "various 18th and 19th century mutilations"[2] it was almost entirely rebuilt in 1859, mostly by Samuel Sanders Teulon,[3] and, according to Pevsner, presented "an unpromising exterior".

[4] In the north chapel of the church, behind wrought iron railings, is the large alabaster and marble tomb of Sir John (d.1593) and Jane, Lady Monson (d.1625),[2] dating from 1625, by Nicholas Stone.

[6] South Carlton Airfield opened in November 1916 with the code XOSQ,[7] and consisted of seven large canvas and brick hangars, and wooden living quarters and offices.

"Map of Air Routes and Landing Places in Great Britain, as temporarily arranged by the Air Ministry for civilian flying", published in 1919, showing South Carlton as a "military and civil station", and as a stop on the route between Hounslow , near London, and the north.