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Wainfleet Haven
The River Lymn is a river in Lincolnshire, England. It rises in the Wolds on the eastern slope of Castcliffe Hill in Fulletby parish. It flows south-eastwards to the Lincolnshire Marsh, where it becomes known as the Steeping River on the boundary of Great Steeping parish. The main channel is supplemented by the Wainfleet Relief Channel as it passes Wainfleet All Saints, and the relief channel is joined by the old course of the Lymn. Once the two channels rejoin, there are three flood defence structures to protect the region from flooding by the North Sea. Route The river rises on the southern slope of Belchford Hill, to the east of Belchford and close to the contour. It flows to the south and then to the east to reach Tetford,Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map where there is a grade II listed water mill and mill house. It was built in the late eighteenth century, but shows evidence that it was built around an earlier structure. The much-repaired water wheel, dating from the sevente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partney
__NOTOC__ Partney is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north of Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry Stubbe, the noted 17th-century Intellectual. Partney is at the intersection of the A16 and A158 roads. A village bypass diverts the road to Skegness, Ingoldmells and Chapel St. Leonards. Public transport is provided by the Connect No. 6 bus service which runs from Lincoln to Skegness. History Partney Monastery The existence of a Saxon Monastic house in Partney is known only from two references in Bede's '' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People'') of 731. ''Bede'' ii.16 ''Bede'' iii.11 In Bowyer's ''History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies'' and other 18th- and 19th-century authors Bede's placename ''Peartenau'' is identified with ''Bardney''. But Bede mentions ''Peartenau'' and ''Beardeneu'' in adjacent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bag Enderby
Bag Enderby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby , in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just north of the A158 road, north-east from Horncastle and north-west from Partney. Bag Enderby is little more than the buildings of Hall Farm, Ferndale Manor (which at one time was the rectory), a few cottages and a church. The village Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret. It was built in 1407 with money bequeathed by Albinus de Enderby, who died in that year, and is commemorated on a sepulchral slab. Brass inscriptions are to Thomas and Agnes Enderby, 1390; and to John Gedney, 1533. In the chancel are effigies of Andrew and Dorothy Gedney and their four children, 1591. The font includes sculptures of Pietà, and David playing the harp. There are also fragments of old glass depicting the arms of Crowland Abbey.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 50; Methuen & Co. LtdPevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie The Elder
John Rennie FRSE FRS (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron. Early years He was born the younger son of James Rennie, a farmer near Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. John showed a taste for mechanics at a very early age, and was allowed to spend much time in the workshop of Andrew Meikle, a millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine, who lived at Houston Mill on the Phantassie estate. After receiving a normal basic education at the parish school of Prestonkirk Parish Church, he was sent to the burgh school at Dunbar, and in November 1780 he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he remained until 1783. His older brother George remained to assist in the family agricultural business. Rennie worked as a millwright to have established a business. His originality was exhibited by the introduction of cast iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Culvert Railway Station
Thorpe Culvert railway station serves the village of Thorpe St Peter in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated from Skegness and from Boston. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services. A signal box is present at the West end of the station to supervise a level crossing, however, the station itself is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station. History The station was opened by the ''Wainfleet and Firsby Railway'' for passenger traffic on 24 October 1871 when the line opened between Firsby and Wainfleet. The passenger service was extended from Wainfleet to Skegness on 28 July 1873. From 1896 the ''Wainfleet and Firsby Railway'' was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. Originally a single l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internal Drainage Board
An internal drainage board (IDB) is a type of operating authority which is established in areas of special drainage need in England and Wales with permissive powers to undertake work to secure clean water drainage and water level management within drainage districts. The area of an IDB is not determined by county or metropolitan council boundaries, but by water catchment areas within a given region. IDBs are geographically concentrated in the Broads, Fens in East Anglia and Lincolnshire, Somerset Levels and Yorkshire. In comparison with public bodies in other countries, IDBs are most similar to the ''Waterschappen'' of the Netherlands, ''Consorzi di bonifica e irrigazione'' of Italy, ''wateringen'' of Flanders and Northern France, Watershed Districts of Minnesota, United States and Marsh Bodies of Nova Scotia, Canada. Responsibilities Much of their work involves the maintenance of rivers, drainage channels (rhynes), ordinary watercourses, pumping stations and other critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skegness Railway Station
Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England at the terminus of the ''Poacher Line''. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who provide all rail services that run to and from Nottingham. History The line to Wainfleet was opened in August 1871 by the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway. This line was then extended to Skegness; the station opened on 28 July 1873. Skegness was dubbed "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea" and has a mascot, the Jolly Fisherman (designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway) and a slogan - "Skegness is so bracing" - a reference to the chilly prevailing north-easterly winds that can and frequently do blow off the North Sea. A statue of The Jolly Fisherman now greets passengers as they arrive at the station when entering through the main entrance. Up until 1966, the railway station had a goods yard with sheds; however, this area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Railway Station
Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is on the Poacher Line. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services. History The station opened for service on 17 October 1848 with the opening of the Great Northern Railway East Lincolnshire line. The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks. The Skegness bound platform had classic Great Northern Railway architecture buildings as well, now replaced with plastic shelters. The station frontage remains, albeit altered, in partially reconstructed manner, and some of the buildings have found new uses. Boston station was once an important junction, with two lines diverging in either direction. Today, only the eastbound line to Skegness, and the westbound line towards Sleaford remain in use. There was previously a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Steeping
Little Steeping is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south-east from the town of Spilsby The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew, and is a Grade II* listed building. It dates from the 14th century, with alterations in 1638 and 1701, and later restorations. A cross in the churchyard is Grade II listed and a scheduled monument. Little Steeping Parochial School opened in 1871 and was enlarged in 1904. It closed on 26 July 1963. The Little Steeping railway station opened on 2 October 1848 for the Great Northern Railway, and closed 15 June 1964. It had two narrow platforms with the main station buildings on the down side of the line, and the signalbox On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetabl ... opposite on the up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Holegate
Halton Holegate is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated east from Spilsby. The village Anglican church is Grade II* listed and dedicated to St Andrew. Originating from the 14th century with later additions, it is chiefly Perpendicular in style, except for the tower and the east end which were rebuilt in 1866 by James Fowler.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 265; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. The village also has a public house. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to East Kirkby East Kirkby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-east from Horncastle, and on the A155 road. East Kirkby 13th century Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated t ... with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,495. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B1195 Road
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in Great Britain. Each road is given a single letter (which represents the road's category) and a subsequent number (between 1 and 4 digits). ... for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Zone 1 (3 digits) Zone 1 (4 digits) {{DEFAULTSORT:B Roads In Zone 1 Of The Great Britain Numbering Scheme 1 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. It lies at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and north of the Fenlands, and is surrounded by scenic walking, nature reserves and other places to visit. The town has been a rural market town for more than 700 years. It has changed little in size since the beginning of the 19th century. The town centre includes a range of small supermarkets, banks, traditional newsagents, baker, butchers, jewellers and clothing stores, together with public houses, cafes and fast-food takeaways. At the centre of town is an open square or traditional market place, from which the four main town streets radiate. Markets take place on a Monday. As Spilsby is located within a predominantly agricultural area, much of the market produce consists of locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A16 Road (England)
The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands region of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Peterborough, where it meets the A1175, A47 & A1139 then on to the A1 and the A605; the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Northampton and the west, and south west of England. Its length is . The road was "de-trunked", with responsibility largely returned to Lincolnshire County Council from the Highways Agency in 2002. Settlements on route From north to south its route is: *Grimsby * Utterby *Louth (now bypassed) * Burwell * Walmsgate * Dalby *Partney (now bypassed) *Spilsby *East Keal *Keal Cotes *Stickford (now bypassed) * Stickney *Sibsey * Hilldyke *Boston *Wyberton (now bypassed) * Kirton (now bypassed) *Surfleet (now bypassed) * Pinchbeck (now bypassed) * Spalding (now bypassed) *Crowland (bypassed) *Peterborough The road is a Primary Route for its entire length. Most of the A16 is single carriageway. History Ludborough Bypass opening Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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