|
Wragby
Wragby ( ) is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 and A158 roads, and approximately north-west from Horncastle and about north-east of Lincoln. History Wragby is named in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Waragebi", when it consisted of 23 households, a mill and a church. The 'Rout Yard', a scheduled monument in the form of two moated islands and associated ditched enclosures, is the remains of a medieval manorial complex. In 1086 there were two manors at Wragby, one in the possession of Erenis of Buron, the other, Waldin the Artificer. The surviving remains possibly represent the Buron manor which held responsibility for a church. The church was dismantled in 1836 when a new church was established closer to the modern village centre. The 18th century brick-built chancel was kept as a cemetery chapel until the 1980s when it too was demolished. The ruins of the older church c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wragby Market Place - Geograph
Wragby ( ) is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 road, A157 and A158 road, A158 roads, and approximately north-west from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle and about north-east of Lincoln, England, Lincoln. History Wragby is named in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Waragebi", when it consisted of 23 households, a mill and a church. The 'Rout Yard', a scheduled monument in the form of two moated islands and associated ditched Enclosure (archaeology), enclosures, is the remains of a medieval manorial complex. In 1086 there were two Manorialism, manors at Wragby, one in the possession of Erenis of Buron, the other, Waldin the Artificer. The surviving remains possibly represent the Buron manor which held responsibility for a church. The church was dismantled in 1836 when a new church was established closer to the modern village centre. The 18th century brick-built chancel was ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Church, Wragby
All Saints Church is the parish church of the town of Wragby in Lincolnshire, England. It is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade II listed building. It is located on Church Street and to the east of the town centre. The tower is a prominent landmark in the town. History The present church was built in 1838 as a replacement of an older medieval church. It is constructed of yellow pale brick and limestone, with ashlar dressings. Nicholas Antram, in his ''Lincolnshire'' volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, records the architect as W. A. Nicholson, and describes the style as of the Commissioners' church type. The older church was deemed redundant and was demolished in the 1980s to allow for an expansion of the nearby cemetery. The site is designated as a scheduled monument. All Saints is a Grade II listed building and contains some important stained glass. Present day The church serves as a local landmark and a place of worship and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wragby Railway Station
Wragby railway station was a railway station that served the town of Wragby, Lincolnshire, England between 1874 and 1960, on the to line. History The Louth and Lincoln Railway planned and built a branch line from Bardney to Louth in stages, the first stage between Bardney and opened to goods traffic on 9 November 1874. South Willingham acted as a terminus until South Willingham Tunnel was completed. The line then opened to on 27 September 1875, still goods traffic only. The line was completed through to for goods traffic on 6 August 1876 and opened to passengers on 1 December 1876. It was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway in 1882. The station was located 135 miles 06 chains from London Kings Cross via , and Bardney. The branch was mostly single track but at Wragby there was loop to allow trains to pass one another; two platforms were provided, one on each leg of the loop. A small waiting room was provided on the second platform. A timber signal box was located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louth To Bardney Line
The Louth to Bardney Line was an English railway line built by the ''Louth and Lincoln Railway Company'', in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in stages between 1874 and 1876, after serious difficulties in raising subscription capital, and following alteration to the planned route. It was hoped to serve large reserves of ironstone along its route, but the deposits were not as large as hoped, and the line was never financially successful. The passenger service closed in 1951, and the residual goods service closed in stages from 1956 to 1960. Conception By 1866 the two main lines of the Great Northern Railway in Lincolnshire were well established: the original "Lincolnshire Loop" line via Lincoln, and the East Lincolnshire Line. The latter had been authorised by Parliament to the East Lincolnshire Railway company, but immediately leased to the GNR, which constructed it and operated it. In the 1860s thought was given to building a line from Louth to Lincoln and beyond, giving Grim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, Louth, Lincolnshire, Louth, Mablethorpe, Spilsby, Sutton on Sea, Wainfleet All Saints, Wragby and Woodhall Spa. The district also covers a large rural area, including many smaller settlements. The district lies on the east coast, bordering the North Sea. The north-west of the district includes part of the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Borough of Boston, Boston, North Kesteven, West Lindsey and North East Lincolnshire. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering nine former districts which were all abolished at the same time: *Alford Urban District *Horncastle Rural District *Horncastle Urban District *Municipal Borough o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A158 Road
The A158 road is a major route that heads from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long. The road gets quite congested with holiday traffic during the summer. Route Lincoln to Horncastle Before the Lincoln Bypass was built (in stages) in the mid-1980s, the A158 historically went along ''Wragby Road'' (now the A15). Even earlier the A158 followed the northern end of ''Canwick Road'', the former B1188, over Pelham Bridge since its opening in 1958, and along ''South Park Avenue'' which was also built in 1958, to meet the former A46 at St Catherine's, Lincoln, St Catherine's. This was parallel to the former western section B1190. The A15 at the time followed the west of Lincoln town centre, then along ''Silver Street''. The road begins at a roundabout where the A15 road (Great Britain), A15 Lincoln Eastern b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsthorpe Railway Station
Kingthorpe railway station was a railway station that served the village of Kingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England between 1874 and 1956, on the to line. History The Louth and Lincoln Railway planned and built a branch line from Bardney to Louth in stages, the first stage between Bardney and opened to goods traffic on 9 November 1874. South Willingham acted as a terminus until South Willingham Tunnel was completed. The line then opened to on 27 September 1875, still goods traffic only. The line was completed through to for goods traffic on 6 August 1876 and opened to passengers on 1 December 1876. It was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway in 1882. The station was located 133 miles 05 chains from London Kings Cross via , and Bardney. The branch was mostly single track and the station had only one platform. A signal box was located at Kingthorpe, to control the block, and the small goods yard. The yard had only one siding serving a cattle dock. There was no loop at Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sinking Ships
The Sinking Ships (sometimes referred to as Sinking Ships) was an English post-punk band formed in 1979. History The Sinking Ships was formed in the autumn of 1979 by former Berlin and Stress members Simon Brighton, Terry Welbourn, Colin Hopkirk, and Nick Green in Wragby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The band recorded two tracks for the local New Wave compilation ''Household Shocks'' in 1980; Hopkirk left the band after its release. In the Spring of 1980, it recorded the single ''The Cinema Clock b/w Strangers''. After that, the band's members increased from three to six. In 1981, the band's members again decreased to three, and they released their single ''Dream'' ''b/w After the Rain - Live'' in April 1981 on the Recession label. After that, the band's members split up. The group reformed briefly in 1987 and 1998 to play a handful of shows. In 2018, they released a live EP from 1980 entitled ''Playground Studios, Wragby, 1980''. It was available on their Bandcamp page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Barkwith Railway Station
East Barkwith railway station was a railway station that served the village of East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, England between 1874 and 1958, on the to line. History The Louth and Lincoln Railway planned and built a branch line from Bardney to Louth in stages, the first stage between Bardney and opened to goods traffic on 9 November 1874. South Willingham acted as a terminus until South Willingham Tunnel was completed. The line then opened to on 27 September 1875, still goods traffic only. The line was completed through to for goods traffic on 6 August 1876 and opened to passengers on 1 December 1876. It was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway in 1882. The station was located 137 miles 73 chains from London Kings Cross via , and Bardney. ''Railway Codes, |
Louth And Horncastle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Louth and Horncastle is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 by Victoria Atkins, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. Boundaries History of boundaries From 1885 to 1983, Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency), Horncastle both existed as separate constituencies. Then in 1983, Horncastle was moved into the new seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle, while Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Louth was moved into the newly formed East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency), East Lindsey constituency. These boundaries remained the same until 1997, when the current Louth and Horncastle constituency was formed. 1997–2010 The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Donington on Bai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A157 Road
This is a list of A roads in zone 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, s ..., east of the A1 (roads beginning with 1). Single- and double-digit roads Triple-digit roads Four-digit roads 1000s 1100s 1200s and higher References {{DEFAULTSORT:A Roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain Numbering Scheme 1 1 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards And Electoral Divisions Of The United Kingdom
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ''ward (subnational entity), ward'' is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, the ''electoral ward'' is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the ''electoral division'' is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authority, unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in the UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is . England The London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs and non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authority, unitary authorities) are divided into wards for local elections. However, county council elections (as well as those for several unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
