Heighington ( ) is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated about south-east of

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. In the 2001 Census the population of the parish was recorded as 2,918 in 1,203 households.

Geography

Heighington civil parish adjoins to the south of

Washingborough Washingborough is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Located east of Lincoln and from Sleaford. The population in the 2001 census was 3,356, increasing to 3,482 at the 2011 census and 3,664 at ...

. To the west of the village, the parish boundary with Washingborough follow
Sheepwash Lane
and at the bridge at th
crossroads
over the railway, follows Washingborough Road east. When travelling on the main road between the two villages, Washingborough Pits is the mai
demarcation
It passes along Gail Grove, a section of Lee Avenue, Sandra Crescent, along the back of the gardens of Eve Gardens to the east, then along a footpath to the north of Sunningdale Grove. It follows the footpath east, then follows a hedge northwards to meet Fen Road (B1190), passing through Moor Farm, to the east of the farm shop, and north of Willow Tree Farm, it follow
Middle Fen Lane
to the north-east alon
Heighington Fen
It passes to the north of Slate House Farm along a track, and at Boundary Farm, next to the

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and

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(Water Rail Way), it becomes the North Kesteven boundary, with

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and Fiskerton. At Branston Island, on the Witham, it meets Branston, and follows th
Branston Delph
to the south-west. Just south of Corporation Farm, at

Branston Booths Branston Booths is a small village in the civil parish of Branston and Mere, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately east from the city of Lincoln, and stands at the intersection of the Ca ...

, it crosses Bardney Road
B1190
and

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, then follow
Moor Lane
and crosses the railway. west of th
junction
with Potterhanworth Road, it follows a hedge-line north, close to the east of Branston and on the eastern edge of Branston Community College playing fields. north of the school o
Branston Road
it meets the parish of Washingborough, at th
point
where it joins the footpath to Washingborough Top. The parish does not border

Canwick Canwick is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 324. It is situated south from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln. The village overlooks the ...

History

Heighington is not mentioned in Domesday. The chapel may have been a chapel of ease or a field church. It is mentioned in a will of 1524. A clock was erected to serve as a Great War memorial on the tower of Heighington's Chapel of Ease in 1924. Heighington Railway station closed in 1964.

Community

Parts of Heighington lie within a conservation area. The 2001 Census recorded 1,203 households. The parish council has 11 members. The village shares a county councillor with Washingborough. Heighington chapel, a former church, This reference to a former Church is recent. Over several years, including 1922, there has been no reference to it being a church, always the chapel as far back as records go. The chapel had no dedication until 1996 when it was dedicated to St Thomas, and in the group of Washingborough with Heighington, and Canwick. The building is of 12th-century origin, is

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listed, and was restored in 1619 as a chapel by Thomas Garratt, a 'fen-adventurer' of the

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drainage scheme. Garratt gave lands for the support of the teaching of grammar and Latin and the reading of divine service within the chapel. This teaching took place until 1864–65, after which a new attached school house was built by Michael Drury, the older structure reserved for

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worship.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 164; Methuen & Co. Ltd. This grammar school was attached to the church until 1885, and later moved to the Thomas Garrett Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre; it closed in 1976. In 1885 ''Kelly’s'' noted the presence of

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and Wesleyan Reform chapels;''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 473 a Grade II listed former

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chapel still exists now used as a business premises. According to ''Kelly's'' the parish of Washingborough, which included Heighington, had an 1881 population of 747, was of , and had agricultural production of chiefly wheat, oats and barley. Heighington's 23 (2019) listed buildings include a

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, farmhouse, and various houses and cottages with other attached buildings. A notable unlisted building is Heighington Hall, an 18th-century mansion with gardens designed by the noted landscape architect Edward Milner. Village

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s are the Butcher and Beast and the Turks Head, both on High Street. The village school is Heighington Millfield Primary Academy (formerly Millfield Community Primary School). To the south of the village and east of the railway line is Bracken Hill Golf Club. The

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passes through the west of the village. The Branston and Heighington railway station closed in the 1960s and was on the south-western edge of the village on Station Road. Five Mile House railway station on the

Lincolnshire Loop Line The Lincolnshire loop line was a railway built by the Great Northern Railway, that linked Peterborough to Gainsborough via Spalding, Boston and Lincoln. It ran through the counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (then the Soke of Peter ...

, although close to Fiskerton, was also within the parish boundary. That line closed in 1964. The nearest active station is

References

External links

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Parish CouncilMillfield Community Primary Academy
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