North Cockerington is a small village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. It is situated approximately north-east from

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. North Cockerington was formerly known as Cockerington St Mary, distinguishing it from Cockerington St Leonard, now South Cockerington. In 1670 Sir Jarvis Scrope founded six tenements for poor people of North and South Cockerington. The village has no shops or

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s. The former post office in Meadow Lane, once called Ashdene, is now Pump Cottage. The village school is North Cockerington

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. The school serves the villages of North and South Cockerington,

Alvingham Alvingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the market town of Louth. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Aluingeham", meaning "H ...

Yarburgh Yarburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and situated approximately north-east from the town of Louth. The name 'Yarburgh' means 'fortification made of earth'. St John the Baptist's Chur ...

as well as Louth itself. Village population has fluctuated between 150 and 200 since 1801 and currently remains at just below 200, with an equal distribution of males and females. The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the village.

St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church is a

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church in the village of

, adjacent to North Cockerington. It is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade I

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, and is under the care of the

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* Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub