A1073 Road
The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands region of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Peterborough, where it meets the A1175, A47 & A1139 then on to the A1 and the A605; the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Northampton and the west, and south west of England. Its length is . The road was "de-trunked", with responsibility largely returned to Lincolnshire County Council from the Highways Agency in 2002. Settlements on route From north to south its route is: *Grimsby * Utterby *Louth (now bypassed) * Burwell * Walmsgate * Dalby *Partney (now bypassed) *Spilsby *East Keal *Keal Cotes *Stickford (now bypassed) * Stickney *Sibsey * Hilldyke *Boston *Wyberton (now bypassed) * Kirton (now bypassed) *Surfleet (now bypassed) * Pinchbeck (now bypassed) * Spalding (now bypassed) *Crowland (bypassed) *Peterborough The road is a Primary Route for its entire length. Most of the A16 is single carriageway. History Ludborough Bypass opening ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A16 Road Map
A16, A 16, A.16 or A-16 may refer to: *A16 road, in several countries * ATC code A16, ''Other alimentary tract and metabolism products'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System * British NVC community A16 (Callitriche stagnalis community), a British Isles plant community It may also refer to: * A16, a restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area * Subfamily A16, a rhodopsin-like receptors subfamily * One of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings codes for the English Opening in chess * Washington A16, 2000 Protests in Washington, D.C. against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on April 16 of 2000 and 2005, both known as "A16" Technology * Apple A16 Bionic, a system on a chip mobile processor designed by Apple Transportation * Aviadesign A-16 Sport Falcon, an American light-sport aircraft * Focke-Wulf A.16, a 1926 German three-four passenger light transport monoplane * A16 station A16 (provisional name) is an MTR station on the Tuen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many independent retailers, and Lincolnshire's last remaining cattle market. Geography Louth is at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds where they meet the Lincolnshire Marsh. It developed where the ancient trackway along the Wolds, known as the Barton Street, crossed the River Lud. The town is east of a gorge carved into the Wolds that forms the Hubbard's Hills. This area was formed from a glacial overspill channel in the last glacial period. The River Lud meanders through the gorge before entering the town. To the direct south east of Louth is the village of Legbourne, to the north east is the village of Keddington, to the north west is the village of South Elking ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirton, Lincolnshire
Kirton or Kirton in Holland is an English village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,371. History The Domesday Book of 1086 terms the village ''Cherchetune''. It then had 52 households, with 30 freemen and 16 smallholders, 12 ploughlands, 10 plough teams, a meadow of , a church and two salt houses. In 1066 lordship of the manor was held by Earl Ralph. It had passed to Count Alan of Brittany by 1086. Before the local-government changes of the late 20th century, the parish came under Boston Rural District in the Parts of Holland – one of three divisions or ''parts'' of the historic county of Lincolnshire, which the Local Government Act of 1888 made a county in itself in most respects. The 1885 ''Kelly's Directory'' recorded a Kirton railway station on the Great Northern Railway line between Boston and Spalding line. The station closed in 1961. There existed in the 19th century Congreg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wyberton
__NOTOC__ Wyberton is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It lies just south-west of Boston, and on the B1397 – the former A16 London Road – between Boston and Kirton. The A16 bisects the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,747. Wyberton is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. Wyberton forms an electoral ward in itself. Since the local elections in May 2011, Wyberton has two Boston Borough Councillors, James Knowles (Conservative) and Richard Austin (Boston District Independents) Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions – formally known as "parts" – of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hilldyke
Hilldyke is a hamlet, lying partly in East Lindsey, and partly in the Borough of Boston, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north from the town of Boston, and on the A16 road. Hilldyke is within an area of arable farmland, and contains a few small businesses. Population figures have reduced over the past 30 years, and now numbers about 12. Hilldyke's public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ..., the Pied Bull, closed in the 1960s, although the site of the pub is still named as a local landmark for directions. External links * Satellite image from Google Hamlets in Lincolnshire Borough of Boston East Lindsey District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sibsey
Sibsey is a village, civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A16 road (England), A16 and B1184 roads, north from Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston. Sibsey Northlands is to the north of the village. The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of Sibsey, crossing the Stone Bridge Drain canal. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, Sibsey had a population of 1,996, reducing to 1,979 at the 2011 Census. Set in the fens of Lincolnshire, Sibsey is a focus of the farming community. The village is surrounded by farmland. The village won an award for best-kept village in 1989. The village has a village hall, a post office with shop, and a public house, the White Hart, on Main Road. Although the postal address for residences includes nearby Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, it is not in that Boston (borough), borough. Demography Landmarks The Sibsey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stickney, Lincolnshire
__NOTOC__ Stickney is a linear village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It was an ancient parish in Lincoln County. Its population has increased since late 20th-century immigration and is 1127 as of 2011. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches east to Eastville with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,357. Location and transport Stickney is situated at the centre of the Lincolnshire Fens, north of Boston and south-east of Horncastle. The A16 road runs through it. The village postal address is Boston, although Stickney is not situated within Boston Borough. The village is on a main bus route between Spilsby and Boston, which runs along the A16. It used to be served by an east–west railway line, but this closed in 1970. A transmitting station is located near Stickney Camp Site to the north. History The place-name 'Stickney' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stickford
Stickford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated near the A16 road and approximately south-west from the town of Spilsby. Stickford is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Stichesforde'', meaning 'stick ford' (cf. the nearby Stickney). Stickford church is dedicated to Saint Helen and is a Grade II* listed building. It dates from the 13th century although it has been much restored. Stickford County Primary School finally closed in 1987. It had opened as a National School in 1846, and was a Board School between 1872 and 1903 when those were abolished. Shaws Windmill is a three-storey red-brick tower mill dating from 1820, which ceased working in 1952, and is now Grade II listed. References External links * "Stickford" Genuki GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Keal Cotes
Keal Cotes, forming part of West Keal parish, is a small linear village in East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A16 road, south from West Keal and 1 mile north from Stickford. The nearest market town is Spilsby, about to the north. Keal Cotes market day is on Mondays. The village is at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, and approximately east from the city and county town of Lincoln, north-east from the market town of Boston, and west from the holiday resort of Skegness. The remains of a substantial Roman villa or high status Romano-British farmhouse, the only one found in Lincolnshire, are in a large field at the south end of the village. The name of the village is occasionally spelt on some maps as "Keal Coates". History Early history The area has been occupied by man since pre-historic times. Evidence for this can be found at nearby West Keal where an Iron Age hill fort and defensive terraced earthwo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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East Keal
East Keal is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north from the town of Boston, south from the town of Spilsby, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853–54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features. It is a Grade II* listed building. Edmund de Grimsby, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s. East Keal CE School was built as a parochial school in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a Junior School in 1950, and closed in 1968. The small village of Keal Cotes lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal. The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folkloris ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. It lies at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and north of the Fenlands, and is surrounded by scenic walking, nature reserves and other places to visit. The town has been a rural market town for more than 700 years. It has changed little in size since the beginning of the 19th century. The town centre includes a range of small supermarkets, banks, traditional newsagents, baker, butchers, jewellers and clothing stores, together with public houses, cafes and fast-food takeaways. At the centre of town is an open square or traditional market place, from which the four main town streets radiate. Markets take place on a Monday. As Spilsby is located within a predominantly agricultural area, much of the market produce consists of locally ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Partney
__NOTOC__ Partney is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north of Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry Stubbe, the noted 17th-century Intellectual. Partney is at the intersection of the A16 and A158 roads. A village bypass diverts the road to Skegness, Ingoldmells and Chapel St. Leonards. Public transport is provided by the Connect No. 6 bus service which runs from Lincoln to Skegness. History Partney Monastery The existence of a Saxon Monastic house in Partney is known only from two references in Bede's '' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People'') of 731. ''Bede'' ii.16 ''Bede'' iii.11 In Bowyer's ''History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies'' and other 18th- and 19th-century authors Bede's placename ''Peartenau'' is identified with ''Bardney''. But Bede mentions ''Peartenau'' and ''Beardeneu'' in adjacent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |