Binbrook 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

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, L ...

district of

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, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, and north-east from

Market Rasen Market Rasen ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, England, Lincoln, eas ...

. Previously a larger market town,Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 64–65; Methuen & Co. Ltd it now has a population of about 700, rising to 892 at the Census 2011. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Binnibroc. Binbrook

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to

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and St Gabriel. There were two village churches, St Mary and St Gabriel, since disappeared. St Gabriel's was already in ruins in 1822 while St Mary's was demolished in 1867. A new church with joint dedication was built in 1869 by James Fowler. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 191; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. In 1988 a new stained glass window was gifted to the church to commemorate the RAF presence from 1940 to 1988. Binbrook was the birthplace of the

traditional singer A traditional singer, also known as a source singer, is someone who has learned folk songs in the oral tradition, usually from older people within their community. From around the beginning of the twentieth century, song collectors such as Cecil ...

Joseph Taylor, one of the Lincolnshire singers recorded by

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long and ...

. Binbrook is close to the site of Binbrook Airfield, originally opened as

RAF Binbrook Royal Air Force Binbrook or RAF Binbrook is a former Royal Air Force station located near Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England. The old domestic site (married quarters) has been renamed to become the village of Brookenby. RAF Binbrook was primaril ...

; the airfield housing is now the new village of Brookenby.

Governance

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in the same name exists. This ward stretches south east to Fotherby with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,831.

Orford

To the north is the site of the lost medieval village of Orford. Orford was the site of a

priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church. Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines, the Cistercians, or t ...

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nuns. The priory was founded around 1170 by Ralf d'Albini of the Anglo-Norman baronial house of Mowbray, and was endowed with the church at

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 L ...

. At the time of suppression in 1539 it held a prioress and 7 nuns.

References

External links

"Binbrook"

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Village web site

Binbrook CoE Primary School

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