Wainfleet All Saints is an ancient

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and

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on the east coast of England, in the

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district of

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,OS Explorer map: Skegness, Alford & Spilsby: (1:25 000): on the

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south-west of

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and north-east of

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. It stands on two small rivers, the

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and Limb (or Lymn), that form Wainfleet Haven.Cox, J. Charles (1916); ''Lincolnshire'' p. 325; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; retrieved 23 April 2011 The town is close to the

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. The village of

Wainfleet St Mary Wainfleet St Mary is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated directly south of Wainfleet All Saints on the A52 road, south-west from Skegness and north-east f ...

is to the south.

History and landmarks

Barkham Street plaque - Wainfleet, Lincolnshire

The name "Wainfleet" is derived from , a stream that can be crossed by a wagon (compare with 'wainwright', a maker of wagons). The town stands on or near the former Roman settlement of ''Vainona''. Two

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, one to the north and one to the south of the town, are of unknown origin, although it has been suggested that they could be Viking or Roman. A number of coins from the period have been found in the vicinity. In the

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of 1086, Wainfleet is referred to as 'Wenflet'. The parish church of All Saints was built in 1820-21 following the demolition of a previous medieval church of the same dedication, using part of the old church's material. A further church, St Thomas, had been destroyed by then. During the demolition of All Saints the tomb of Richard Patten, father of

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, was broken up, but it was later restored within Waynflete's

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Chapel,

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. William of Waynflete founded the town's Magdalen College School in 1484"The Magdalen College School, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, UK"
''BBC - The Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything.''; retrieved 28 April 2011 and obtained for the town a

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in 1457. The school building is Grade I listed and houses a museum. In 1847 Barkham Street, a 'London-style' terrace, was commissioned by

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and built to the design of

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and to specifications similar to other Bethlem terraces in

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, London. The Market Place has two

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listed structures: a clock tower erected in 1899, and a 15th-century limestone

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(set on three steps and topped with a 19th-century finial and weathervane), from which

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preached.Wainfleet Conservation Area Appraisal
''East Lindsey District Council''; retrieved 30 April 2011 The town is notable for Batemans Brewery; the brewery building incorporates the

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Salem House and a former corn mill, Salem Bridge Mill."Wainfleet All Saints windmill"
''Windmill World''; retrieved 30 April 2011

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in Wainfleet are the Woolpack Hotel and The Angel on High Street. Former pubs included the Jolly Sailor (St Johns Street) and the Royal Oak and the Red Lion (both on High Street and now residential).

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has a boarding house in the town on Low Road. Wainfleet became a

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in 1972.

Transport

The town was at the end of a branch of the Great Northern Railway until the development of

about to the east.

Wainfleet railway station Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, England. The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms, which is next to the level crossing. Wainfleet station is west of Skegness on the ...

is on Station Road, and is on the Nottingham to Skegness Line.

Sport

Meetings of the Motorcycle Grasstrack Racing are hosted by the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. They have run annually the International Lincolnshire Poacher race since 1992. The club have also hosted the British Masters Championship on four occasions in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004. In 2011 the club hosted the

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Final at their home at

Thorpe St Peter Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west from the town of Wainfleet. Thorpe is listed in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a chur ...

Northolme

At the northern end of Wainfleet All Saints is the hamlet of Northolme, which is all that remains of the lost parish of Wainfleet St Thomas. No distinction was made between Wainfleet All Saints, Wainfleet St Mary, and Wainfleet St Thomas, until a deed from Peter De Beningword to

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mentions ''North Wenfled''. The original deed held in the

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is undated, but is estimated to be from the 13th century. In 1316 Wainfleet St Thomas is mentioned as paying tax under

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. At the time of the

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, the chapel belonged to Kyme Priory. There is no clear indication of when it was demolished, but it was still standing at the time of the

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, when the general

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were granted its use. Nothing remains of the chapel today, although its site is used as an extension of the present cemetery. In 1546 Thomas Lyttlebury was heir to the manor of Northolme through his brother John. However it seems that the estate became the property of John's daughter, Alice, who married Thomas Upton. Thomas Upton's successors lived at Northolme Hall. The first Northolme Hall was an Elizabethan moated

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, reputedly built in 1549. The present Northolme Hall was built on the same site in 1866.

Population

Geography

Wainfleet is located South of

and North of

on the A52.

References

External links

*
Town web site
* {{authority control Towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Buildings and structures in Lincolnshire Windmills in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District