Keddington is a village and
civil parish
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in the
East Lindsey
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district of
Lincolnshire
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, England. It is north-east from
Louth Louth may refer to:
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Keddington
Grade II* listed
Anglican
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parish church is dedicated to
St Margaret Saint Margaret, St. Margarets, or St. Margaret's may refer to:
People
In chronological order:
* Saint Margaret the Virgin of Antioch (died 304)
* Saint Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045–1093)
* Saint Margaret of England (died 1192)
* Saint Margaret ...
. The church was restored in 1871–73. It has a 15th-century wooden
eagle lectern, and a south door with
transom.
[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 181; Methuen & Co. Ltd] The eagle lectern is one of only six in England of its kind.
Other Grade II listed buildings include the remains of two
locks on the disused
Louth Canal, four farm houses, a cottage, and the remains of
Louth Abbey. A
Cistercian
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house, Louth Abbey was founded in 1139, and was dissolved at
suppression in 1536. Still visible are
earthworks and ruined
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
walls.
References
External links
"Keddington" Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District