Friskney is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

within 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, Spi ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

, England.OS Explorer map: Skegness, Alford & Spilsby: (1:25 000): The parish includes the settlement of

Friskney Eaudyke Friskney Eaudyke is a settlement in the civil parish of Friskney, and the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is north-east from Boston and east-southeast from the city and county town of Lincoln. Friskney Eaudyke is east ...

. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,563. in 652 households.

History

The place-name 'Friskney' is first attested in the

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of 1086, where it appears as ''Frischenei''. It is recorded as ''Freschena'' circa 1115 and as ''Freschenei'' circa 1150. The name is Viking, meaning 'freshwater island' ( Old English ''Frescan ēa). In 1885 ''Kelly's'' reported two

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chapels, one built in 1804. The chapel built in 1839 is Grade II* listed. It recorded that Friskney parish was a centre for brick making and the catching of shrimps and cockles. In the early part of the 19th century, much of the land was

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or swamp, where wildfowl were caught by use of

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ponds. One of these ponds is now a listed ancient monument. The swamp was drained in the early 19th century and the land converted for arable cultivation.

Governance

Friskney is part of the electoral ward called Wainfleet and Friskney. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 4,192.

Geography

Friskney is situated north-east from the town of

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...

, and south-west from the coastal town of

Skegness Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 201 ...

.''A to Z Road Atlas'': Boston A-Z Street Atlas: Published by A to Z: Edition 1, 2008: Scale: 3.3 inches to 1 mile (5.3cm to 1km): The nearest railway station is at

Wainfleet All Saints Wainfleet All Saints is an ancient port and market town on the east coast of England, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire,OS Explorer map: Skegness, Alford & Spilsby: (1:25 000): on the A52 road south-west of Skegness and north-eas ...

, to the north-east. The nearest major roadway is the A52 which runs from the eastern side of the village. Friskney, with its surrounding farmland, is the largest village by area in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe.

Community

The

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listed Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. The original church was constructed in the late 12th century; it had elements added up to the 15th. Restoration to the

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was carried out in 1849. During an extensive restoration in 1879,

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and

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architectural fragments were discovered. The lower stage of the tower, with large

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, is Early English, as is the second stage. The two upper stages are 15th-century, as is the

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. In the north

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is an incised stone slab to John de Lyndewode (rector, 1374) and a mutilated

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of a 14th-century knight, most likely damaged during the

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of the Protestant Reformation.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 130-132; Methuen & Co. Ltd During the 1879 restoration, a series of faded wall paintings were revealed between the arches of the arcades. Abbey Hills, the site of an old religious house connected with Bolington ullingtonPriory''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, pp. 398, 399 or

Bardney Abbey Bardney Abbey in Lincolnshire, England, was a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Æthelred of Mercia, who was to become the first abbot. The monastery was supposedly destroyed during a Danish raid in 869. In 1087, the site was refoun ...

, lies half a mile west from the church. On the western side of the village on Dickon Hill Road is the Parrot Zoo and National Parrot Sanctuary. The Sanctuary was opened in 2003. The village has a church hall, two

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, The Anchor and The Barley Mow, and a village shop https://www.friskneyvillage.co.uk/shop.html with post office. There are sports clubs for archery, bowls and cricket, and a football team. The cricket club first XI competes in the South Lincolnshire and Border League.

References

External links

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Friskney Village WebsiteThe Parrot ZooFriskney Bowman Archery ClubFriskney Bowls Club
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District