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St Wilfrid's Church, Alford
St Wilfrid's, Alford is the Church of England parish church in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Background The church is named after St Wilfrid and is the second church to be built on the site, the earlier being constructed of wood. The church was thought to have been built in 1350; but in the early 21st century, one corner of the building was found to date back to 1289. The tower was rebuilt between 1525 and 1535, and Sir Gilbert Scott led an extensive restoration of the building in 1867. Included within the church are a 14th-century rood screen dividing the chancel from the nave, a Jacobean pulpit, traces of 16th-century glass within the stained glass windows, and a 17th-century tomb within the chancel. Bells St Wilfrid's has a peal of six bells, originally cast and hung for full circle bellringing by John Taylors & Co of Loughborough in 1934. The first peal of 5,040 changes was rung in June 1935; since then there have been a further 38 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. The English church renounced papal authority in 1534 when Henry VIII failed to secure a papal annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI's regents, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic. In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Roman Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs. The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrangle, Lincolnshire
Wrangle is a village in the Boston Borough of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the town of Boston. The population of Wrangle civil parish in 2001 was 1,265, increasing to 1,397 at the 2011 census. Wrangle is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Old Leake and Wrangle electoral ward. Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as ''parts'') of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself. History The name Wrangle reputedly derives from the Scandinavian ''Vrangr'', meaning "bent" or "crooked" - a reference to a stream long since gone. The vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade I Listed Churches In Lincolnshire
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Church Of England Church Buildings In Lincolnshire
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Willoughby, Lincolnshire
Willoughby is a village in the district of East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from the market town of Alford, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History The name 'Willoughby' derives from the Old Norse ''wilig-by'' meaning 'willow tree farm/settlement'. To the rear of Tavern Way is a field containing a scheduled ancient monument, a medieval earthwork of an unknown date. The most notable person to have come from Willoughby is John Smith, one of the leaders of the Virginia Colony in North America. He was born and raised in the village, and christened at St Helena's church in 1580. When Smith was 16 years old his father George Smith died and was buried at the same church on 3 April 1596. Smith was connected to the Native American girl Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan confederacy tribes. Smith met her when settling Jamestown in the 17th century. There have been many fictional represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Well, Lincolnshire
Well is a small estate village and civil parish about south of the town of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 166 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the foot of the east entry to the Lincolnshire Wolds. The population of 166 as at the 2011 census includes the hamlet of Claxby St. Andrew. The village provides views of the gradually sloping hills towards the west. The name 'Well' comes from the Old English word ''wella'' meaning 'spring/stream'. Geography and landmarks In the village there is a church, telephone box, and post box, and a bus shelter with a CallConnect bus service. The cricket club in Well serves Alford and the surrounding area; its ground holds cricket matches and summer car boot sales, and Guy Fawkes Night celebrations on 4 and 6 November. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret, and was built of red brick in 1733 around the same time as Well Vale House. It was altered in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulceby, East Lindsey
Ulceby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire in England. It is situated next to the A1028 road, east from Horncastle and south-west from Alford, and forms part of Ulceby with Fordington civil parish(where the population is listed). The hamlet of Ulceby Cross lies at the intersection of the A16, A1028 and A1104 road List of A roads in zone 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is ...s about north-west of the village at . External links * Villages in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleby
Saleby is a village in the civil parish of Beesby with Saleby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the Alford road to Louth, about north-east of Alford and south-east of Louth. The hamlet of Thoresthorpe is about south of the village. The ''Domesday book'' records "Saleby", with Lord of the Manor as Guy de Craon. The Church of England parish church of St Margaret was rebuilt in 1850 buff brick to the designs of Stephen Lewin, and was further restored in 1958. St Margaret's is a Grade II listed building. In the chancel is a recess containing a full-length effigy of a knight in chain mail and surcoat, a memorial to Sir William de Hardreshull who died in 1303. In the chancel floor is a brass Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other with ... wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rigsby, Lincolnshire
Rigsby is a village and part of the civil parish of Rigsby with Ailby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately west from the town of Alford. The origin of the name Rigsby is of, Old Norse-Vikings. Rigsby – Land of Odin, Rig (Odin's Nickname) – Old Norse God, By – Land of. Similar to many "by"s, Ex: Thorsby, Land of Thor. Visby (Gotland, Sweden) – Land of a Holy place, Hedeby – Land of Heath Rigsby is listed in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Rigesbi", with 19 households and a church. The Old church of Rigsby, which was rebuilt in 1863, had a thatched roof. Today the church is a Grade II listed building of limestone dedicated to Saint James, rebuilt in 1863 by James Fowler. It retains a 14th-century octagonal font. Rigsby Wood is a nature reserve which lies at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of low hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England which run roughly parallel with the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markby
Markby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from Alford. Church The Anglican church of St Peter is one of England's few thatched churches, and the only one in Lincolnshire. Its interior fittings and structural beams were perhaps made locally. The font is from an older church on the same site, with box pews and pulpit from the 19th century. The church bell might be the earlier Priory refectory bell. Suttononsea.info Within the church is Norman
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Hannah Cum Hagnaby
Hannah cum Hagnaby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from Alford, and south-east from Louth The parish contains two small hamlets, Hannah and Hagnaby. Hannah was used in the Bronze Age as there is evidence of a Round Barrow. In antiquity Hannah was known as Hannay. The church, in Hannah, is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is a Grade I listed building, built of greenstone about 1758, with early 19th, and some 20th-century, alterations. Hagnaby Priory, later Hagnaby Abbey, was in Hagnaby. ''Pevsner'' states that a Premonstratensian priory, founded in 1175, stood to the north of the village. Fragments of the priory, including octagonal shafts and window tracery, exist at Hagnaby Abbey Farm to the west.Pevsner, Nikolaus Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farlesthorpe
Farlesthorpe is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from Alford, and about north-east from Spilsby. It is in the civil parish of Bilsby. Dating from the 9th Century, Farlesthorpe was originally a Danish settlement. The origins of the name of Farlesthorpe are unknown but in the ''Domesday Book'' it is given as "Haroldestrop". It has also been spelt as Earlsthorpe and Faraldesthorpe. The first church was built in the early 13th Century and dedicated to Saint Andrew. The present Grade II listed church was built in 1800, of brick and stone, and restored in 1881Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 125; Methuen & Co. Ltd and 1953. The small polygonal chancel with an apse and lancets was added in 1912. The altar slab is ancient, and there is a large stone font with a wooden lid. The East Coast Main Line railway used to run through the village, and the disused trackbed is now part of a nature reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
