Sixhills
| Sixhills | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of All Saints, Sixhills | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF170869 |
| Location: | 53°21’60"N, 0°14’30"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Sixhills is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, about three miles south-east of Market Rasen. The village is to be found just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford.
The Church of All Saints was designed by James Fowler (1869 and 1875).[1]
Gilbertine nunnery
The village was the site of a nunnery of the Gilbertine Order, founded in the twelfth century.[2] At the behest of Edward I, Gwladys ferch Dafydd was sent there to ensure she could produce no heir to the throne of Gwynedd; she remained until her death in 1336.[3] Her cousin, Gwenllian, baby daughter of the last native Prince of Wales, had been sent to the nunnery at Sempringham in Lincolnshire. A Scottish Princess, Christina Bruce was also imprisoned at Sixhills from 1306 to 1315.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359515: Church of All Saints
- ↑ A History of the County of Lincoln - Volume 6 pp 194–195: Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Sixhills (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Princes of Gwynedd, princesofgwynedd.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
