Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and

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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 Bar ...

, England. It is south-east from

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History

Saint Andrew's Church, Kirton in Lindsey

Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey after she married her first husband, Sir Edward Burgh. Edward's father, Sir Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh 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 part of the West Riding of the parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, Kirton became part of

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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

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district of

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. This became part of

in 1996. At the parish level there is Kirton-in-Lindsey Town Council which is based at Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall.

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

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. It is south from the

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and south from the centre of

. The B1398

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to Scunthorpe road passes through the town, as does the B1400 which runs down the north side of the ridge to Messingham as the Cleatham Road. The

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is to the east. Grayingham, 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. 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

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& 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 report in 2015. There is also Kirton in Lindsey Primary School.

Religious sites

St Andrew's United Church includes Anglican,

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and

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congregations. There was a Salvation Army Hall, formerly a Primitive Methodist church.

References

External links

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Kirton in Lindsey Town Council

The United Mission Church of St Andrew
{{authority control Towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Borough of North Lincolnshire