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Kirkby-on-Bain
Kirkby on Bain is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Bain between Horncastle and Coningsby, and just west of the A153 road. Close to the north is the village of Haltham. History Formerly known as Kirkby Super Bain, the name comes from the Old Norse ''kîrkĵu + býr'' (Church settlement), with the village dating back to at least the Viking Age. Ebrington Arms The village public house is the Ebrington Arms on Main Street which dates back to at least the 16th Century. It was popular with airmen from the nearby RAF Woodhall Spa famed for its links with the 617 Squadron Dambusters. St. Mary's Church The parish church is dedicated to St Mary, and is in the Bain Valley Group of churches. It dates back to Norman times, and the parish records to 1562. The church was largely rebuilt in 1802 and expanded in 1879–82. Notable residents *Ethel Major the Corned Beef Killer and her victim, her husband, Arthur Ma ...
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Ethel Major
Ethel Lillie Major (189219 December 1934) was a British murderer. She was the only woman to be hanged at Hull Prison. She was known as the Corned Beef Killer. Life Ethel Lillie Brown was the daughter of a Lincolnshire gamekeeper on the estate of Sir Henry Hawley. The Hawleys had inherited the estate, known as Tumby or Tumby Lawns, from Sir Joseph Paxton. The Browns lived in a modest lodge house on the estate. Ethel had three brothers. She left school at the then standard age of 14 and found work as a dressmaker. She fell pregnant in 1914 and gave birth to Auriol in 1915 (out of wedlock). The family decided to raise Auriol as Ethel's little sister rather than her child.Murder, Mystery and my Family: Ethel Major: BBC productions In 1918 she met Arthur Major, who had been invalided out of service in the First World War. She married Arthur on 1 June 1918 and after several years living with her parents in 1929 they moved to a Council house in nearby Kirkby-on-Bain, a small village ...
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Roughton, Lincolnshire
Roughton ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish population was 644 in 2011. The village lies approximately south from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle and near the hamlets of Thornton, Lincolnshire, Thornton and Kirkby-on-Bain. Since 1936 the hamlets of Dalderby and Martin, East Lindsey, Martin have been part of Roughton civil parish. In the 1086 ''Domesday Book,'' Roughton is noted with 11 households, with Lord of the Manor as King William I of England, King William I. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to Margaret the Virgin, Saint Margaret. Built of a "patchwork" of greensand, greenstone, limestone and red brick, its construction includes elements from 12th-century Norman architecture, Norman to 17th-century brick. It is a Grade II* listed building. The base of a medieval stone cross is in the churchyard; it is both Grade II listed and designated as an ancient scheduled monument. ...
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Louth And Horncastle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Louth and Horncastle is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Victoria Atkins, a Conservative. Boundaries 1997–2010: The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Donington on Bain, Fotherby, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton le Clay, Horncastle, Hundleby, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham le Fen, Marshchapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, Roughton, St James', St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Michael's, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Willoughby with Sloothby, Withern with Stain, and Woodhall Spa. 2010–present: The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Binbrook, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby and Tattershall, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Holton le Clay, Horncastle, Hundleby, Legbourne, Ludford, Mablethorpe Central, Mablethorpe East, Mablethorpe North, Mareham le Fen, Marshch ...
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River Bain, Haltham - Geograph
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ...
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Tattershall Thorpe
Tattershall Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south from Woodhall Spa, and north-east from Tattershall. The hamlet is significant because of its Second World War connection with RAF Woodhall Spa, which was in this parish. RAF Woodhall Spa RAF Woodhall Spa was planned as a satellite airfield to RAF Coningsby. Construction began in 1940, but because of the threat of invasion further construction was postponed until 1942 and the airfield opened later that year. It consisted of three concrete runways and was equipped with aircraft hangars, and temporary accommodation for over 1000 men. As it was intended to be a heavy bomber base for Royal Air Force Bomber Command, there were also large bomb stores, situated to the north of the flying field, The airfield was mainly used by 97 Squadron and then 617 Squadron (famous as the Dambusters). In the latter part of the war 617 Squadron were involved i ...
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Moorby
Moorby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Claxby with Moorby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated south-east from Horncastle and east from Wood Enderby. Moorby has a population of about 50 inhabitants. History According to ''Mills'', Moorby derives from the Old Norse for 'mór' plus 'bý', a "farmstead or village in the moor". Moorby is listed in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Morebi", in the Horncastle Hundred of Lindsey South Riding. The village contained 18 households, 10 smallholders, 8 freemen, a meadow of , woodland of , and a church. In 1066 Queen Edith held the Lordship, which in 1086 was transferred to William I as Lord of the Manor and Tenant-in-chief. In 1885 '' Kelly's'' noted Moorby as a village with a Wesleyan chapel, and a school, founded 1856, for children of the parishes of Moorby, Wilksby, Claxby Pluckacre, and Wood Enderby. The school was supported by voluntary contributions and he ...
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Wilksby
Wilksby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wood Enderby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. A former civil parish in itself, it was merged with the parish of Wood Enderby in 1936. History Wilksby was mentioned in ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as "Wilchesbi", with the Lord of the Manor being William I. The name is derived from the Old Norse "Vilgeirr's/Vilgerth's" + "by", meaning the farmstead of Vilgeirr/Vilgerth. In 1931 the parish had a population of 30. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Wood Enderby. Church The church is dedicated to All Saints, though it may once have been St Mary, and is Grade II listed. Built of greenstone and red brick, It was renovated in 1895. A church has known to have been on the site for at least 800 years, with the first recorded rector was Simon de Tynton in 1230. The stone font dates from the reign of King John (1166-1216), with the earliest written records from the church from 1563. Geography Wilksby lie ...
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Woodhall Spa
Woodhall Spa is a former spa Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, south-west of Horncastle, west of Skegness, east-south-east of Lincoln and north-west of Boston. It is noted for its mineral springs, cinema and its Second World War association with the RAF 617 Squadron. The cinema has the last remaining rear screen projector in the country. Much of the village's Victorian elegance remains, and since January 1991 much of the centre has been a designated conservation area. History Ancient history A mesolithic flint blade and a neolithic stone axe have been found in Woodhall. From the Bronze Age there is a dagger and a barrow. A medieval guildhall has been excavated. Development Woodhall Spa came about by accident in 1811 after John Parkinson of Old Bolingbroke made several attempts to find coal. After spending several thousand pounds and sinking a shaft over 1,000 feet deep, the enterprise was abandoned on acc ...
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Wood Enderby
Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ..., England. It is situated approximately south from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Cluxby Puckacre and Wilksby. Wood Enderby has no amenities, such as a local shop or any retail outlet. There are approximately 50 households in the hamlet of Wood Enderby and nearly all are registered as private dwellings, there are few commercial dwellings in Wood Enderby. Wood Enderby has a 30 mph speed limit throughout the hamlet and its extremities. ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'' states that Enderby derives from the Old Norse, Old Scandinavian person name 'Eindrithi', with 'by', Old Scandinavian f ...
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Roughton Moor
Roughton, as a person, may refer to: *Roughton "Rou" Reynolds, English musician in the post hardcore band Enter Shikari *Julian Roughton, the current Chief Executive of Suffolk Wildlife Trust Roughton, as a place, may refer to: *Roughton, Lincolnshire, a village and civil parish in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England *Roughton, Norfolk Roughton is a village and a civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Cromer, north of Norwich, and north-west of North Walsham. It straddles the A140 road, A140 between Cromer and Norwich and the B1436 ro ...
, a village and parish in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England *Roughton, Shropshire, a village in the heart of rural Shropshire {{disambiguation, geo, surname ...
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Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also responsible for Forestry in Wales and Scotland. However, on 1 April 2013, Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales, whilst two new bodies (Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry) were established in Scotland on 1 April 2019. The Forestry Commission was established in 1919 to expand Britain's forests and woodland, which had been severely depleted during the First World War. The Commission bought large amounts of agricultural land on behalf of the state, eventually becoming the largest manager of land in Britain. Today, the Forestry Commission is divided into three divisions: Forestry England, Forestry Commission and Forest Research. Over time the purpose of the Commission broadened to includ ...
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Ostler's Plantation
Ostler's Plantation is a woodland east of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire on Kirkby Moor. It has public access and lies to the west of an open area of Lowland Heath, the Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve; both are noted for having large numbers of adders. The whole site is open to the public throughout the year, although some areas may be restricted during harvesting. It is a popular area for walking, horse riding and cycling with organised mountain biking and archery events held. There is no direct access to the adjoining nature reserves from the woodland - these have to be accessed by going back onto Kirkby Lane. History 19th Century The plantation was originally planted in the early 19th century by John Parkinson on an area of open moorland. After his bankruptcy in 1827 his former agent, William Ostler, became its owner. 20th Century The majority of the woodland was acquired by the Forestry Commission in 1938 with the south west corner added in 1971. Today managed by Forestry Eng ...
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