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'''Deeping St Nicholas''' is a village and parish in [[Lincolnshire]] on the A1175 road between [[The Deepings]] and [[Spalding]]. Whereas the village itself lies in [[Holland]], the parish extends into [[Kesteven]], including the small settlements of Tongue End and Hop Pole, and a number of outlying farms. It has a total population of 1,961.
'''Deeping St Nicholas''' is a village and civil parish in [[Lincolnshire]] on the A1175 road between [[The Deepings]] and [[Spalding]]. Whereas the village itself lies in [[Holland]], the parish extends into [[Kesteven]], including the small settlements of [[Tongue End]] and [[Hop Pole]], and a number of outlying farms. It has a total population of 1,961.


==Village==
==Village==
The village has a 19th-century stone church, the parish church of St Nicholas. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Elloe West Deanery of the [[Diocese of Lincoln]], and part of a group with St John's, Spalding.  The chapel built in 1867, is still open, forming part of the South Lincolnshire Circuit of the Methodist Church
The village has a 19th-century stone church, the parish church of St Nicholas. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Elloe West Deanery of the [[Diocese of Lincoln]], and part of a group with St John's, Spalding.  The chapel built in 1867, is still open, forming part of the South Lincolnshire Circuit of the Methodist Church.


The whole civil parish falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welland and Deepings IDB|url=http://www.wellandidb.org.uk/ }}</ref>
The whole civil parish falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welland and Deepings IDB|url=http://www.wellandidb.org.uk/ }}</ref>

Latest revision as of 12:35, 18 October 2020

Deeping St Nicholas
Lincolnshire

Deeping St Nicholas church
Location
Grid reference: TF215160
Location: 52°43’42"N, 0°12’7"W
Data
Population: 1,961  (2011[1])
Post town: Spalding
Postcode: PE11
Dialling code: 01775
Local Government
Council: South Holland
Parliamentary
constituency:
South Holland
and The Deepings

Deeping St Nicholas is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire on the A1175 road between The Deepings and Spalding. Whereas the village itself lies in Holland, the parish extends into Kesteven, including the small settlements of Tongue End and Hop Pole, and a number of outlying farms. It has a total population of 1,961.

Village

The village has a 19th-century stone church, the parish church of St Nicholas. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Elloe West Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln, and part of a group with St John's, Spalding. The chapel built in 1867, is still open, forming part of the South Lincolnshire Circuit of the Methodist Church.

The whole civil parish falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.[2]

At the Western end of the village is a level crossing for the Lincoln - Peterborough railway line, the site of the former Littleworth railway station. The goods shed there was used for agricultural produce, including transshipment from the narrow-gauge potato railway that also crossed the road.

In 2008, eight large wind turbines, the blades of which are 140 ft in length, were constructed on land to the north of the settlement.

History

In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is written as "Estdeping".[3]

From John Marius Wilson's 1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales:

DEEPING FEN, a fen and a chapelry in Bourn district, Lincoln. The fen lies on the North Drove and the South Drove drains, between Market-Deeping and Spalding; and comprises upwards of 30,000 acres. About one-half consists of enclosed commons, included in parishes; and the rest is extra-parochial. The chapelry comprises the extra-parochial part; was constituted in 1846; bears the alternative name of Deeping-St. Nicholas; lies adjacent to North Drove railway station, and 5 miles WSW of Spalding; and has a post office, of the name of Deeping-St. Nicholas, under Spalding. Acres, 16, 290. Real property, £27, 681. Pop., 1, 180. Houses, 184. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £210. Patrons, the Trustees of the late W. Stevenson, Esq. The church was built in 1846.

The Church of St Nicholas was built in 1846, when a new parish was formed to supersede the former chapel of ease of Spalding. The church was built by Charles Kirk, an architect from Sleaford,[4] in Decorated style common in older surrounding churches. The Parish is again managed from St John's, Spalding, restoring the mediæval situation. The village name Deeping St Nicholas appears to date from this same time.

References

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Villages amongst 'The Deepings' in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

Market DeepingDeeping St JamesDeeping St NicholasDeeping GateWest Deeping

See also: StowgateFrognallTongue EndHop Pole