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Aveland
Aveland was a Wapentake of Kesteven from the time of the Danelaw until the Local Government Act 1888. Its meeting place was The Aveland at in the parish of Aslackby. Origins Aveland was probably established as an administrative unit soon after 921 when Edward the Elder ably assisted until 918, by Æthelflæd had restored English rule in the part of the Danelaw represented by Kesteven. The wapentake included the ancient parishes of Aslackby, Billingborough, Birthorpe, Bourne, Dembleby, Dowsby, Dunsby, Folkingham, Haconby, Haceby, Horbling, Kirkby Underwood, Laughton, Morton, Newton, Osbournby, Pickworth, Pointon, Rippingale, Sempringham, Spanby, Swaton, Threekingham and Walcot; some of which have since been amalgamated. There is documentary evidence from the Domesday survey onwards for a settlement called Avethorpe in the parish of Aslackby but no actual location is known. Decline Between 921 and 1888, the administrative significance of the wapentake was reduced by many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billingborough
Billingborough is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Bourne and 10 miles south of Sleaford, and on the B1177 between Horbling and Pointon just south of the A52. History The village is named after the post-Roman Billings tribe of invaders. The village was formerly served by the Billingborough and Horbling railway station on the Bourne and Sleaford Railway giving the village connections to nearby Bourne and Sleaford. The former high school name, Aveland, is taken from a pre-conquest Wapentake of that name, dating to 921. The Wapentake extended from Bourne to Threekingham. The area was populous in the Middle Ages, and included the lost village of Ouseby. and shrunken village of Birthorpe. St Andrew's Church dates to the 13th century and is in a mixture of Perpendicular Gothic and Decorated styles. One Saturday in 1791 a match at foot-ball was played in Osbournby field between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslackby
Aslackby and Laughton is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 243, in 102 households. increasing slightly to 251 in 118 households at the 2011 census. It consists of the village of Aslackby, the hamlet of Laughton, and scattered farms, and part of the hamlet of Graby. Aslackby Aslackby is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road between Rippingale and Folkingham, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne. Aslackby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St James. The chancel is Early English, largely rebuilt 1856, with the tower and nave, Perpendicular. The ecclesiastical parish is Aslackby, part of The Billingborough Group of the Lafford Deanery There is a dining club, The Templars, for long-term residents, and a local history society. History The Aveland, a moat said to be the meeting place for the Wapentake of Aveland is in the parish. There is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walcot, Lincolnshire
Walcot is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies west from the A15, south from Sleaford, east from Grantham, and 1 mile north from Folkingham. The population is included in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Walcot is derived from the Old English 'walh' with 'cot', which means "cottage(s) of the Britons". Walcot is a probable site of prehistoric or Roman settlement. Earthworks indicating rectilinear ditched enclosures and a circular dwelling have been found, evidenced through crop marks and aerial photographs. Medieval ridge and furrow field systems have also been recorded. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is written as "Walecote". In 1086 it consisted of 6 villagers, 14 freemen and 5 smallholders, land for 6 plough teams, a meadow and a church. In 1066 lordship of the manor was held by the Abbey of St Peter, Peterborough, being transferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folkingham
Folkingham ( ) is an English village and civil parish on the northern edge of the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The civil and ecclesiastical parishes cover the same area. Folkingham lies on the A15 road north of Bourne and 10 miles (16 km) south of Sleaford. The 2001 Census gave a population of 729, rising to 796 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 795 in 1919. Topography and development This former town is attractively situated in a wide rolling landscape, just up from the fen edge, on the northern incline of an east-west stream valley. The settlement is centred on a large Market Place, positioned between a church on high land to the NW and a former baronial castle on low land to the SE. The modern A15 runs through the market area, rather than bypassing the settlement as at Aslackby and Osbournby, taking a dramatic right-angled turn at its NW corner. The earliest settlement was probably on the high promontory overlooking stream valleys close to the church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sempringham
Sempringham is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from the A52 road, east from Grantham and north from Bourne. The hamlet is in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, and on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the closest village being Billingborough, to the north on the B1177 road. Sempringham is noted as the home of Gilbert of Sempringham, the son of the lord of the manor. Gilbert is the only English Saint to have founded a monastic order, the Gilbertines.Official site of Lincolnshire, p. 4 Sempringham consists of a church and a holy well, with other houses east from the church scattered along the B1177 between Pointon and Billingborough. The church stands at an altitude of about , on land rising out of flat fenland. Pointon is the chief township of the civil parish, which includes Millthorpe and the fens of Pointon, Neslam and Aslackby, and a part of Hundred Fen at Gosberton Clough. Formerly, Birthorpe, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rippingale
Rippingale is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 929 at the 2011 census. The village is situated on the A15 road, about north from Bourne. Rippingale is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen. St Andrew's Church dates from the fourteenth century, though the tower is later. The village public house is The Bull Inn. A railway station on a line between Bourne and Sleaford opened in 1871 for goods and closed in 1964; regular passenger services lasted from 1872 to 1930. Rippingale falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board. South of the village is the site of Ringstone, a lost village, which dates from before the Norman conquest and which survived into the 19th century as Ringstone Hall. Rippingale has a vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton And Hanthorpe
__NOTOC__ Morton and Hanthorpe is a civil parish, formerly known as Morton by Bourne in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north from Bourne, and south-east from Grantham. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 2,406. History The village is in two parts, one each side of the fen-edge road, the A15. To the fenward side is Morton and to the upland side is Hanthorpe. The earlier name is that of Morton which will come from the acid peat land which the Anglian settlers found in the fen in around the year 500. The name therefore indicates that the fen was to a significant extent better called the bog in modern terminology. They were Germanic speakers so they called it a moor. Hanthorpe is a name indicating a subsidiary settlement established in the period of the Danish settlements, probably in the tenth century. The church and the later signs of the manorial centre are in Morton. The church is built in the Early English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkby Underwood
Kirkby Underwood is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 200 at the 2001 census, increasing to 220 at the 2011 census. It is situated north from Bourne and west from the main A15 trunk road. To the east is Rippingale and the Fens. Directly to the south is the hamlet of Stainfield, and to the west, Hawthorpe. Kirkby Underwood Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St. Mary and All Saints. In 1885 ''Kelly's Directory'' described the church as in Perpendicular style, with chancel, nave and south aisle, and a tower containing three bells. It was in a "very ruinous state". The parish register dated from 1569.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 503 The ecclesiastical parish is part of The Ringstone in Aveland Group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diosece of Lincoln. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunsby
Dunsby is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of in Lincolnshire, England. It is north from Bourne, just east off the A15, and on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. In 2001 it had a population of 141, reducing to 122 at the 2011 census. The Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to All Saints. Built of ironstone and limestone, it dates from the 12th century, and was restored in 1857. The church is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen. The village cross is a medieval scheduled monument sited at a road junction in the village, and consists of the base and of shaft. Dunsby is mentioned in the Domesday book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haconby
Haconby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 448 increasing to 532 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, north from Bourne. History The village name means Haakon's village. The village church is dedicated to St Andrew. On 27 February 2008 the parish church spire was damaged by the 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake. A former railway line passed north to south close to the east of the village - the Sleaford branch of the Great Northern Railway, which closed to passengers in 1930 and to freight in 1964. A Roman road, King Street, (from Bourne to just south of Ancaster) passes through the western part of the parish, just west of Stainfield. There was an Iron Age or Roman town near Stainfield. Stainfield Spa, to the west of the village, is a chalybeate spring discovered in 1720 by Dr Edward Greathead of Lincoln. Geography Haconb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesteven
The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland. Etymology The word ''Kesteven'' is supposed to have derived from two root words: the Celtic ' meaning wood (compare Modern Welsh ') and the Old Norse ', a meeting place. The earliest record of the place-name is c1000 and was spelt , developing into by 1185. Administrative areas Wapentakes and Sokes Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes, hundreds and sokes. The following made up Kesteven: * Aswardburn Wapentake * Aveland Wapentake * Beltisloe Wapentake * Boothby Graffo Wapentake * Flaxwell Wapentake * Langoe Wapentake * Lovedon Wapentake * Ness Wapentake * Winnibriggs and Threo Wapentake * Borough and Soke of Grantham * Stamford Borough Local Government Act 1888 The three parts were given separate elected county councils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthorpe
Birthorpe is a small hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than west from Billingborough and the B1177 Pointon Road, and east from Folkingham. Birthorpe is regarded as a shrunken medieval village. The Manor House and farm house are listed buildings. There was a substantial manor here well before 1300: the family who owned it took their name from the village.Ball, Francis Elrington; ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'', London, John Murray (1926). Reprint: Lawbook Exchange (2005). The most notable family member was Roger de Birthorpe (died c.1345), who had a distinguished career as a judge in Ireland, becoming Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1327. Roger was a somewhat controversial figure, who fled to Ireland after being outlawed for his part in a private war with Sempringham Priory, but eventually received a royal pardon In the English and British tradition, the royal prerogative of mercy is one of the historic royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
