Bassingham
| Bassingham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Bassingham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK911599 |
| Location: | 53°7’46"N, 0°38’20"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,425 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN5 |
| Dialling code: | 01522 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Bassingham is a village and parish in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,425.[1] The village is situated in the Boothby Graffoe Wapentake, approximately eight miles south-west of the city and county town of Lincoln.
Bassingham is situated about midway between Newark-on-Trent and Lincoln. The parish is defined by the River Witham to the west, and the River Brant to the east (across Bassingham Fen). To the south-west is Carlton-le-Moorland.
A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Bassingham, was named after the village.[2]
The church of St Michael and All Angels was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3] The church is in the Bassingham Group of seven churches.
In 1998 the church added a seventh bell: the ship’s bell from HMS Bassingham, presented by her former commander after she was decommissioned. It hangs in a mahogany bell hood in the north aisle and is rung to signal the start of Sunday worship.
Bassingham has two public houses, the Bugle Horn and the Five Bells, a primary school, and a Methodist chapel.
References
- ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120468&c=Bassingham&d=16&e=62&g=6446649&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461316720469&enc=1. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "HMS Bassingham". http://www.withamstaple.com/GArchive/CArchiveHistory.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassingham". http://www.withamsidechurches.org.uk/our-churches/bassingham/. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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