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List Of Churches In Lincolnshire
This is a list of churches in Lincolnshire. The Diocese of Lincoln is responsible for churches in Lincolnshire. It is divided into the Archdeaconries of: * Archdeacon of Lincoln, Lincoln: ** Bolingbroke ** Calcewaithe and Candleshoe ** Deanery of Christianity (Lincoln), Christianity ** Graffoe ** Horncastle ** Deanery of Lafford, Lafford ** Louthesk * Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey, Stow and Lindsey (separate until 1994): ** Isle of Axholme ** Corringham ** Grimsby and Cleethorpes ** Haverstoe ** Lawres ** Manlake ** West Wold ** Yarborough * Boston: ** (Aveland and Ness with) Stamford ** Beltisloe ** Elloe East ** Elloe West ** Grantham ** Holland ** Loveden Other Churches Pentecostal * Cornerstone Christian Centre, Gainsborough * Alive, Lincoln * Bridge, Lincoln * Ignite Elim Church, Lincoln * New Life, Market Rasen * Life Church Lincoln (Birchwood) New FrontiersGrace Church Lincoln The church is now closed up Roman Catholic Church M *Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. History The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leicester, founded in 679. The see of Leicester was translated to Dorchester in the late 9th century, before taking in the territory of the Diocese of Lindsey and being translated to Lincoln. The diocese was then the largest in England, extending from the River Thames to the Humber Estuary. In 1072, Remigius de Fécamp, bishop under William the Conqueror, moved the see to Lincoln, although the Bishops of Lincoln retained significant landholdings within Oxfordshire. Because of this historic link, for a long time Banbury remained a peculiar of the Bishop of Lincoln. The modern diocese remains notoriously extensive, having been reportedly referred to by Bob Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln, as "2,000 square miles of bugger all" in 2002. The dioceses of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
