Baston village and parish, sits on the western edge of The Fens in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. A fan of gravel from the Devensian glacial period 18.000 years ago, spread eastwards before it petered out to peat and Boulder Clays. Evidence of gravel extraction surrounds the village with sites as wildlife water sanctuaries.

Archaeological records show this ‘rise’ has been actively farmed since Neolithic times 4000 years ago. Travellers along the fen-edges encouraged settlers to farm our higher flatter shrubby sandy/loamy ‘rise’ with a mix of crops and domesticated animals. Sea levels fluctuated across the fen. Iron Age Celtic tribes developed trading in food, stone, metalwork, skins, charcoal into this relatively settled spur of land before the Roman Ninth legion came with sword and spade (AD 60). Many settled, built roads, a canal (Car Dyke in AD 110), stone villas and supply routes across Lincolnshire during 400 years of control. Our village sign on Main Street depicts many Baston historical activities. King Street, a N-S Roman road built in the second century and Baston Fen are part of the parish as it extends northwards to Thetford farm close-by, the lowest crossing point of the river Glen.