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River Lymn
The River Lymn is a river in Lincolnshire, England. It rises in the Wolds on the eastern slope of Castcliffe Hill in Fulletby parish. It flows south-eastwards to the Lincolnshire Marsh, where it becomes known as the Steeping River on the boundary of Great Steeping parish. The main channel is supplemented by the Wainfleet Relief Channel as it passes Wainfleet All Saints, and the relief channel is joined by the old course of the Lymn. Once the two channels rejoin, there are three flood defence structures to protect the region from flooding by the North Sea. Route The river rises on the southern slope of Belchford Hill, to the east of Belchford and close to the contour. It flows to the south and then to the east to reach Tetford,Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map where there is a grade II listed water mill and mill house. It was built in the late eighteenth century, but shows evidence that it was built around an earlier structure. The much-repaired water wheel, dating from the sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partney
__NOTOC__ Partney is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north of Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry Stubbe, the noted 17th-century Intellectual. Partney is at the intersection of the A16 and A158 roads. A village bypass diverts the road to Skegness, Ingoldmells, Chapel St. Leonards and Louth. Public transport is provided by the Stagecoach bus service number 56 which runs from Lincoln to Skegness. History Partney Monastery The existence of a Saxon Monastic house in Partney is known only from two references in Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People'') of 731. ''Bede'' ii.16 ''Bede'' iii.11 In Bowyer's ''History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies'' and other 18th- and 19th-century authors Bede's placename ''Peartenau'' is identified with ''Bardney''. But Bede mentions ''Peartenau'' and ''Beardeneu'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bag Enderby
Bag Enderby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just north of the A158 road, north-east from Horncastle and north-west from Partney. In 1931, the parish had a population of 29. On 1 April 1936, the parish was abolished and merged with Somersby. Bag Enderby is little more than the buildings of Hall Farm, Ferndale Manor (which at one time was the rectory), a few cottages and a church. The village Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret. It was built in 1407 with money bequeathed by Albinus de Enderby, who died in that year, and is commemorated on a sepulchral slab. Brass inscriptions are to Thomas and Agnes Enderby, 1390; and to John Gedney, 1533. In the chancel are effigies of Andrew and Dorothy Gedney and their four children, 1591. The font includes sculptures of Pietà, and David playing the harp. There are also fragments of old glass depict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie The Elder
John Rennie (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron. Early years John Rennie was born near Phantassie in Haddingtonshire (present day East Lothian). He was the youngest son of James Rennie, a farmer and brewer. He attended the parish school at Prestonkirk Parish Church, Prestonkirk. He showed an interest in machinery from an early age, and came to the attention of Andrew Meikle, a millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine, who lived on the Phantassie estate. At the age of twelve, Rennie started to work for Meikle, getting a grounding in practical mechanics. From 1775 to 1777, he attended high school in Dunbar. In 1779, with the support and approval of Meikle, he set up in business on his own account as a millwright. One of his first jobs was to construct a mill for his oldest brother, George Rennie (agriculturalist), George Rennie. From 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Culvert Railway Station
Thorpe Culvert railway station serves the village of Thorpe St Peter in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated from Skegness and from Boston. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services. A signal box is present at the West end of the station to supervise a level crossing, however, the station itself is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station. History The station was opened by the ''Wainfleet and Firsby Railway'' for passenger traffic on 24 October 1871 when the line opened between Firsby and Wainfleet. The passenger service was extended from Wainfleet to Skegness on 28 July 1873. From 1896 the ''Wainfleet and Firsby Railway'' was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. Originally a single l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internal Drainage Board
An internal drainage board (IDB) is a type of operating authority which is established in areas of special drainage need in England and Wales with permissive powers to undertake work to secure clean water drainage and water level management within drainage districts. The area of an IDB is not determined by county or metropolitan council boundaries, but by water catchment areas within a given region. IDBs are geographically concentrated in the Broads, Fens in East Anglia and Lincolnshire, Somerset Levels and Yorkshire. In comparison with public bodies in other countries, IDBs are most similar to the ''Waterschappen'' of the Netherlands, ''Consorzi di bonifica e irrigazione'' of Italy, '' wateringen'' of Flanders and Northern France, Watershed Districts of Minnesota, United States and Marsh Bodies of Nova Scotia, Canada. Responsibilities Much of their work involves the maintenance of rivers, drainage channels ( rhynes), ordinary watercourses, pumping stations and other cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skegness Railway Station
Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England, at the eastern terminus of the '' Poacher Line''. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who operate all services that run to and from Nottingham. History The line to was opened in August 1871 by the ''Wainfleet and Firsby Railway''. This line was then extended to Skegness; the station opened on 28 July 1873. Skegness was dubbed "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea". It has a mascot, the ''Jolly Fisherman'', designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway; its slogan, "Skegness is so bracing", is a reference to the chilly prevailing north-easterly winds that can and frequently do blow off the North Sea. A statue of The Jolly Fisherman now greets passengers as they arrive at the station, when entering through the main entrance. Up until 1966, the railway station had a goods yard with sheds; however, this a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Railway Station
Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is a stop on the Poacher Line, which connects with . The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who provide all rail services. History The station opened on 17 October 1848, with the opening of the Great Northern Railway's East Lincolnshire Line. The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday, the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks. The Skegness-bound platform had classic Great Northern Railway architecture buildings, which have since been replaced with plastic shelters. The station frontage remains, albeit altered in a partially reconstructed manner, and some of the buildings have found new uses. Boston station was once an important junction, with two lines diverging in either direction. Today, only the eastbound line to Skegness and the westbound line towards remain in use. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Steeping
Little Steeping is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south-east from the town of Spilsby. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew, and is a Grade II* listed building. It dates from the 14th century, with alterations in 1638 and 1701, and later restorations. A cross in the churchyard is Grade II listed and a scheduled monument. Little Steeping Parochial School opened in 1871 and was enlarged in 1904. It closed on 26 July 1963. The Little Steeping railway station opened on 2 October 1848 for the Great Northern Railway, and closed 15 June 1964. It had two narrow platforms with the main station buildings on the down side of the line, and the signalbox On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and Signalling block system, block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route a ... opposite on the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Holegate
Halton Holegate is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated east from Spilsby. The village Anglican church is Grade II* listed and dedicated to St Andrew. Originating from the 14th century with later additions, it is chiefly Perpendicular in style, except for the tower and the east end which were rebuilt in 1866 by James Fowler. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 265; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. The village also has a public house. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to East Kirkby East Kirkby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-east from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, and on the A155 road. East Kirkby 13th century Listed building#Categories of ... with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,495. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B1195 Road
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme In Great Britain, there is a numbering scheme used to Categorization, classify and identify all roads. Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was in ... for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Zone 1 (3 digits) Zone 1 (4 digits) {{DEFAULTSORT:B Roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain Numbering Scheme 1 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16 road (England), A16, east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, north-east of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston and north-west of Skegness. It lies at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and north of The Fens, the Fenlands. The town has been a rural market town for more than 700 years. It has changed little in size since the beginning of the 19th century. The town centre includes a range of small supermarkets, banks, traditional newsagents, baker, butchers, jewellers and clothing stores, together with public houses, cafes and fast-food takeaways. At the centre of town is an open square or traditional market place, from which the four main town streets radiate. Markets take place on a Monday. As Spilsby is located within a predominantly agricultural area, much of the market produce consists of locally grown vegetables ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A16 Road (England)
A16, A 16, A.16 or A-16 may refer to: * A16 road, in several countries * ATC code A16, ''Other alimentary tract and metabolism products'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System * British NVC community A16 (Callitriche stagnalis community), a British Isles plant community It may also refer to: * A16, a restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area * Subfamily A16, a rhodopsin-like receptors subfamily * One of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings codes for the English Opening in chess * Washington A16, 2000 Protests in Washington, D.C. against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on April 16 of 2000 and 2005, both known as "A16" Technology * Apple A16 Bionic, a system on a chip mobile processor designed by Apple * Samsung Galaxy A16, an Android device developed by Samsung Electronics Transportation * Aviadesign A-16 Sport Falcon, an American light-sport aircraft * Focke-Wulf A.16, a 1926 German three-four passenger light transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
