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Branston And Mere
Branston and Mere is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about roughly south-east of Lincoln. The parish is a long strip between the RAF Waddington airfield and the River Witham near Bardney. The A15 road crosses the extreme west and the parish is bisected by the Sleaford to Lincoln railway line The civil parish was created in 1931, by merging the two former parishes of Branston and Mere. Branston and Mere includes Branston, Branston Booths and Bardney Lock. Branston Island is an irregular shaped bit of land, separated from the rest of the parish by the River Witham, enclosed by the old and new courses of that river. The name of the former medieval village of Mere is preserved in the names of Mere House, Mere Hall, and Mere Lane. Branston Hall, a former stately home and hospital, is now a hotel. Longhills Hall is a country house. In the 2001 census the population of the parish (including Branston Booths) was recorded as 4019 in 1693 househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In England
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts of England, districts and metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England, counties, or their combined form, the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of Parish (Church of England), ecclesiastical parishes, which historically played a role in both secular and religious administration. Civil and religious parishes were formally differentiated in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894, which established elected Parish councils in England, parish councils to take on the secular functions of the vestry, parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 United Kingdom Census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England and Wales. In its capacity as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire Limestone (England)
The Lincolnshire Limestone Formation is a geological formation in England, part of the Inferior Oolite Group of the (Bajocian) Middle Jurassic strata of eastern England. It was formed around 165 million years ago, in a shallow, warm sea on the margin of the London Platform and has estuarine beds above and below it. The maximum known thickness is 40.2 metres, at around TF9730, while four kilometres further west it is 18.3 metres thick at its outcrop in the upper Witham valley. It fades out in the south, around Kettering in Northamptonshire. There are two sub-divisions, the Upper and Lower Lincolnshire Limestone Members respectively. The dividing marker is the 'Crossi' bed which is distinguished by the fossils of ''Acanthothris crossi'' it contains. The Crossi bed forms the top of the Lower Lincolnshire limestone. The bottom of the Lower Lincolnshire limestone has some of the characteristics of the underlying Lower Estuarine Series, in that it tends to contain more than usual amoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracebridge Heath
Bracebridge Heath is a village and civil parish located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. It lies at the junction of two major roads the A15 to Sleaford and the A607 to Grantham, and was (until modern systems of local government were introduced in the 19th century) part of the Boothby Graffoe Wapentake. The village sits on top of Lincoln Cliff, overlooking Lincoln and the valley of the River Witham. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 4,530, increasing to 5,656 at the 2011 census. History Until 1898 Bracebridge Heath was part of the parish of Bracebridge. Bracebridge may have had its origins in the Old English ''braesc'' + ''brycg'', meaning 'bridge or causeway made of branches'. The River Witham runs to the west, lending some credibility to this theory. The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Brachebrige". Before the Norman Conquest lordship was held by Ulf Fenman, and after by Bishop Geoffre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A15 Road
This is a list of roads designated A15. Entries are sorted in alphabetical order by name of country. * A015 road (Argentina), a road connecting the junction with National Route 14 at La Criolla and the Salto Grande Dam access-road * ''A15 road (Australia)'' may refer to: ** A15 highway (South Australia), a road in the western suburbs of Adelaide ** A15 highway (New South Wales), a road in the Hunter Valley and New England regions * A15 motorway (Belgium), a road connecting La Louvière and Liège * A-15 expressway (Canada), a road connecting the United States border at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts * A15 motorway (France), a road connecting Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine and Cergy-Pontoise, Val d'Oise * A 15 motorway (Germany), a road connecting Berlin and the German-Polish border * A15 motorway (Italy), a road connecting Parma and La Spezia * A15 road (Latvia), a road around Rēzekne * A15 highway (Lithuania), a road connecting Vilnius and Lyda * A15 road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nocton
Nocton is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1202 road, south-east from Lincoln city centre. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 819. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen with its small settlement of Wasps Nest. To the west of the village, situated at the junction of Wellhead Lane and the B1188 road, is Nocton Top Cottages consisting of eight further dwellings. At the south of the village are the remains of Nocton Hall, and to the east the earthwork remains of Nocton Park Priory. History Historically Nocton fell within the Langoe Wapentake of Kesteven until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1888. Neolithic The earliest archaeological evidence of settlement in Nocton Parish are finds of the Neolithic and the Iron Ages. A possible early Neolithic flint core was recovered in 2011 from Nocton Fen from which flint blades had been napped. A Neolithic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainfield
Stainfield is a village and civil parish about east of the city of Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 189. History The name Stainfield derives from "a stony clearing", from the Old Norse 'steinn' and 'thveit'. In 1086 Stainfield was named as ''Stainfelde'' and ''Stain in the ancient wapentake of Wraggoe in the South Riding of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. St Andrews Church The Grade II* listed red brick and limestone parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from 1711, mostly rebuilt in the 19th century by James Fowler. The pews and pulpit are 18th-century. Inside are a helmet, gauntlets and sword said to have belonged to the Wild Man of Stainfield. The Wild Man of Stainfield One of Lincolnshire's legends tells of a wild man who lived in the woods near Stainfield. The story appears in ''Folklore around Horncastle'' (1915) by Revd James Alpas Penny, who writes that in Stainfield churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Car Dyke
The Car Dyke was, and to a large extent still is, an long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman invasion of Britain, Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens. There, the consensus begins to break down. Likely purpose In the eighteenth century, William Stukeley described it as a canal used for transporting goods and his idea is still promulgated: For example, excavations at Waterbeach in the 1990s by the archaeology unit of Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire County Council found what were seen as the remains of a Roman Britain, Roman-era boat and cargo of pottery from Horningsea. This stretch has been protected as a scheduled monument. Other archaeological investigations near Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston have given an indication of the dimensions: a navigable width of and a depth of were found during excavation. Other excavations have found coal from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canwick
Canwick is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 324. It is situated south from Lincoln. The village overlooks the Witham Valley, where the River Witham follows an ice-age cut through the jurassic limestone ridge which forms the spine of the county. History Canwick has been continuously occupied since Saxon times (the name derives from "Canna’s Farm" or "Canna’s Place" in Anglo-Saxon), but there was a significant villa here in the Roman period. Canwick Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. The fabric dates from the 12th, 14th and early 18th centuries, and the building was restored in the 19th century. It is a Saxon-era foundation, but was significantly improved by the same Norman bishops who built Lincoln Cathedral. The church is built on a Roman tesselated pavement, parts of which were found in 1815, when a vault for the Sibthorp family was being dug in what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heighington, Lincolnshire
Heighington ( ) is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about south-east from the city and county town of Lincoln. In the 2001 Census the population of the parish was recorded as 2,918 in 1,203 households. Geography Heighington civil parish adjoins to the south of Washingborough. To the west of the village, the parish boundary with Washingborough followSheepwash Laneand at the bridge at thcrossroadsover the railway, follows Washingborough Road east. When travelling on the main road between the two villages, Washingborough Pits is the maidemarcation It passes along Gail Grove, a section of Lee Avenue, Sandra Crescent, along the back of the gardens of Eve Gardens to the east, then along a footpath to the north of Sunningdale Grove. It follows the footpath east, then follows a hedge northwards to meet Fen Road (B1190), passing through Moor Farm, to the east of the farm shop, and north of Willow Tree Farm, it followM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barge (geograph 2449996)
Barge often refers to a flat-bottomed boat, flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but on inland waterways, most are pushed by Pusher (boat), pusher boats, or other vessels. The term barge has a rich history, and therefore there are many other types of barges. History of the barge Etymology "Barge" is attested from 1300, from Old French ''barge'', from Vulgar Latin ''barga''. The word originally could refer to any small boat; the modern meaning arose around 1480. ''Bark'' "small ship" is attested from 1420, from Old French ''barque'', from Vulgar Latin ''barca'' (400 AD). The more precise meaning of Barque as "three-masted sailing vessel" arose in the 17th century, and often takes the French spelling for disambiguation. Both are probably derived from the Latin ''barica'', from Greek language, Greek ''baris'' "Egyptian boat", from Coptic language, Coptic ''bari'' "small bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
