The village belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo [REF].
The village was described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) as "a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; on Ermine-street, the river Witham, and the Great Northern railway, 1½ mile N of Great Ponton r.station, and 2 S of Grantham.