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Fiskerton Railway Crossing - Geograph
Fiskerton may refer to: * Fiskerton, Lincolnshire ** RAF Fiskerton Royal Air Force Fiskerton or more simply RAF Fiskerton was a Royal Air Force station located north of the Lincolnshire village of Fiskerton, east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The airfield closed at the end of the war in 1945 being a sat ..., a Royal Air Force station near the village * Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire See also * * Fisherton (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Fiskerton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,209. It is situated approximately east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on the north side of the River Witham. Also home of the reported cryptic "Fiskerton phantom". History Fiskerton Grade I listed Anglican parish church, which stands at the side of the main road through the village, is dedicated to St Clement. It dates from the 11th century, and was restored in 1863. The arcade of the north aisle is Norman; that of the south aisle, Early English. The Perpendicular-style tower is square, but encloses an earlier round tower.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 249; Methuen & Co. Ltd ''Cox'' reports in 1916 that a brass effigy of a priest (c. 1485) in the south aisle was restored to the church by Bishop Trollope in 1863, having been found in a Lincoln dealer's shop. A Wesleyan Methodist chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Fiskerton
Royal Air Force Fiskerton or more simply RAF Fiskerton was a Royal Air Force station located north of the Lincolnshire village of Fiskerton, east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The airfield closed at the end of the war in 1945 being a satellite to RAF Scampton and very little now exists. The station was home to some 2000 personnel during the war, and various technical sites were in what is now the village of Fiskerton. A small cluster of semi-derelict buildings still exist and are still in use at the end of the present village on the road out to short ferry. Drake's view is the entrance to these old buildings. History It was one of many new bomber airfields built in the early part of the Second World War. The airfield was situated north of the village. It was one of only 15 RAF airfields equipped with FIDO, a fog-clearing system utilising petrol pumped through pipes alongside the main runway and burned via a sequence of nozzles. No. 49 Squadron RAF and No. 576 Squadron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire
Fiskerton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England on the west bank of the River Trent about 3 miles southeast of Southwell. The civil parish is Fiskerton cum Morton. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 902. The waterfront is home to million-pound residential properties, previously residences of merchants and businessmen who commuted in the 1800s to nearby Nottingham by rail from Fiskerton Station. The village's location beside the Trent attracts walkers, picnickers and casual visitors in summer, centred on the riverside pub/restaurant (was called the Bromley Arms, renamed as ''The Bromley at Fiskerton'' in 2014) and used as a friendly café-type base also serving snacks and refreshments. Toponymy The word 'Fiskerton' contains the Old Norse word ''fiskari'' (or the Old English equivalent ''fiscere'') meaning a fisherman, together with ''tun'' (Old English), a farmstead, resulting in 'Fishermen's farm/settlement'. History The 1086 Domesday entry for F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
