Binbrook
| Binbrook | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Mary and St Gabriel, Binbrook | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF210940 |
| Location: | 53°25’47"N, 0°10’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 892 ((2011)) |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Dialling code: | 01472 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Binbrook is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is on the B1203 road, eight miles north-east of Market Rasen.
Previously a larger market town,[1] it had a population of 892 at the 2011 Census.
Binbrook is close to the site of Binbrook Airfield, originally opened as RAF Binbrook; the airfield housing is now the new village of Brookenby.
Parish church
The parish church, St Mary and St Gabriel, was built in 1869. It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
There were formerly two village churches, St Mary and St Gabriel, since disappeared. The new church, with joint dedication, was built in 1869 by James Fowler.[1][3]
Orford
The parish of Binbrook contains the site of the lost mediæval village of Orford.[4] Orford was the site of a priory of Premonstratensian 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. At the time of its suppression by Henry VIII in 1539, the priory held a prioress and 7 nuns.[1]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 64-65; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063134: Church of St Mary and St Gabriel (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 191
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 351872 – Orford