Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and
civil parish
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in
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...
, England. It is south-east from
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
.
History
Catherine Parr
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, the
sixth wife of
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey after she married her first husband,
Sir Edward Burgh. Edward's father, Sir
Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh
Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh also spelt ''Borough'', KG (; ; pronounced: ''Borough''; c. 1488 – 28 February 1550), 1st Baron Borough of Gainsborough, also ''de jure'' 5th Baron Strabolgi and 7th Baron Cobham of Sterborough, was an English ...
was a steward to the manor of the soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey. In October 1530, Sir Thomas secured a joint patent in survivorship with his son,
Sir Edward Burgh, granting them a modest manor.
Governance
Historically
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part of the
West Riding of the parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, Kirton became part of
Glanford Brigg
Brigg ( /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west tran ...
poor law union in the 19th century and thus ended up in
Glanford Brigg Rural District
Glanford Brigg was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Glanford Brigg rural sanitary district. It entirely surrounded the borough of Scunthorpe.
It wa ...
from 1894 and then from 1974 to 1996 the
Glanford
Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England.
Creation
The district was created on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reform of local government in England ...
district of
Humberside
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. This became part of
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...
in 1996. At the parish level there is Kirton-in-Lindsey Town Council which is based at
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is used as the offices of Kirton in Lindsey Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The first ...
.
Geography
The 2011 Census recorded a total resident population of 2,873.
The town is situated half on top, and half on the side of a ridge, part of the
Lincoln Cliff
The Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Edge is a portion of a major escarpment that runs north–south through Lindsey and Kesteven in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the county. Towards its norther ...
. It is south from the
M180 motorway
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and south from the centre of
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
. The
B1398 Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
to Scunthorpe road passes through the town, as does the
B1400 which runs down the north side of the ridge to
Messingham
Messingham is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England.
The village is situated on the A159, south from the centre of Scunthorpe and south from the M180. West Lindsey is 1 mile to the south, as is Scotter.
Messingham ...
as the Cleatham Road. The
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* A015 road (Argentina), a road connecting the junction with National Route 14 at La Criolla and the Salto Grande Dam access-road
* ''A15 road (Au ...
is to the east.
Grayingham
Grayingham 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 123 It is situated south from Kirton in Lindsey, north-east from Gainsborough and 8 miles ...
, and the Lincolnshire boundary along the
B1205, is to the south. The town is served on Saturdays only by
Kirton Lindsey railway station
Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton in Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. The station was opened in 1849 on the former main line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway which became part of th ...
, on the B1400 is the site of the former
RAF Kirton in Lindsey
Royal Air Force Kirton in Lindsey or more simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
It's an RAF habit (inherited from the RFC) to name its bases after the nearest railwa ...
. The town is also served by the 103 bus route which runs Monday to Saturday, every 2 hours, between Lincoln & Scunthorpe. North of the town, on the ridge next to the B1398, is
Mount Pleasant Mill (where flour is still produced & bread is made from it in the bakery alongside) & from here there is a view over the Trent Valley over to the west.
Economy
There are independent shops on High Street and in the Market Place (which has car parking), including: a chemist, a bakers, a sweet shop, a
chocolatier
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Education and training
Traditionally, chocolatiers, e ...
& ice cream shop, an acupuncturist, and several hairdressers (for men & women). Plus a Spar shop, & a Lincolnshire Co-op food shop. Also in the Market Place is Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall (built in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee).
[
RAF Kirton in Lindsey, situated between the B1400 and B1398 on top of the ridge to the south-east of the town, closed at the end of March 2012.
]
Education
The local secondary modern, comprehensive, single status academy school is Huntcliff School, (named after Alderman W. Hunt), on Redbourne Mere ( B1206), which received a Grade 2 "good" Ofsted
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report in 2015. There is also Kirton in Lindsey Primary School.
Religious sites
St Andrew's United Church includes Anglican
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, Methodist
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and Baptist
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congregations. There was a Salvation Army
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Hall, formerly a Primitive Methodist
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In the United States, the Primiti ...
church.
References
External links
*
Kirton in Lindsey Town Council
The United Mission Church of St Andrew
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