Deeping St James is a large village in the

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, England. The population of the

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(including Frognall) was reported as 7,051 at the 2011 census.

History

Based around a now lost 12th-century

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Priory, destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Grade I listed

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church of St James is the largest church in The Deepings. It is a mixture of Norman, Early English and

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styles, with a tower and spire added in 1717. The stones from the priory were used to build various 17th-century buildings in the area. The village also has an 18th-century

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, constructed on the site and with the materials from a 15th-century wayside cross. In the 17th century the manor was associated with the Wymondsold family of Welbeck Place, Putney, Surrey and East Lockinge, Berks. St James Deeping railway station, built by the Great Northern Railway Company in 1848, was closed in 1964. Although the separate cut for the

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did not start until upstream of Market Deeping, Briggin's lock (or the Deeping High lock) was an important part of the Welland Navigation, and is still in place but is not navigable.

Geography

Deeping St James lies east from

Market Deeping Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008. History The town's mar ...

, to which it is conjoined, and on the

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, at the centre of rich sedimentary agricultural land on the B1166 and

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s. With a population of 6,923 in 2,837 households, it is the largest of The Deepings parishes. It falls within the drainage basin of the Welland and Deepings

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Community

The parish church of St James is part of the Elloe West

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of the

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. The 2013 incumbent is The Reverend Sonia Marshall. There is also the

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church of Our Lady and St Guthlac, and a

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and two

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chapels. With St Guthlac's church in

, these comprise the Churches Together in Deeping group. The Deepings School, the main secondary school for the Deepings area, is located next to the Deeping St James Leisure Centre. The village has three

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, Chinese restaurants and takeaways, a pizza restaurant, garage, home care provider, bakery/tea room, a garden railway specialist, and three computer systems companies. Resident at Deeping St James is three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters darts champion

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. In 2015 he was granted the freedom of Deeping St James by the local parish council.

Sport

A short lived

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track was opened at the rear of Bundle Farm on 13 June 1931. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the

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) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks. Racing was every Tuesday and Saturday.

Gallery

File:Deeping St James, River Welland, 1907.jpg, Grade II* listed 1651 Deeping Gate Bridge, photographed File:Deeping-StJames-Lockup-geograph-693417-by-Ian-Paterson.jpg, The 18th-century village lockup File:Priory church of Deeping St.James - geograph.org.uk - 622715.jpg, Deeping St James Priory Church File:High Locks Deeping St James geograph 705171.jpg, The High lock at Deeping St James

References

External links

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Deeping St James Parish Council
Retrieved 8 July 2013
Deepings.com
Retrieved 8 July 2013
"Deepings"
Churches Together in Spalding & District. Retrieved 8 July 2013

Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 8 July 2013 {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire The Deepings Civil parishes in Lincolnshire