East Keal is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spils ...

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, England. It is situated approximately north from the town of

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, south from the town of

Spilsby Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegnes ...

, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of ...

. East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and

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styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853–54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features. It is a Grade II*

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Edmund de Grimsby Edmund de Grimsby, or de Grymesby (died 1354) was an English cleric, Crown official and judge. While his career in Ireland lasted only about a year, he is notable as having been the first Master of the Rolls in Ireland. He derived his name from h ...

, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s. East Keal CE School was built as a

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in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a

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in 1950, and closed in 1968. The small village of

Keal Cotes Keal Cotes, forming part of West Keal parish, is a small linear village in East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A16 road, south from West Keal and 1 mile north from Stickford. The nearest market town is Spils ...

lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal. The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folklorist Ethel Rudkin.

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