Brinkhill

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Brinkhill
Lincolnshire
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St Philip's Church, Brinkhill
Location
Grid reference: TF372736
Location: 53°14’31"N, 0°3’17"E
Data
Population: 172  (incl Ketsby & South Ormsby, 2011)
Post town: Louth
Postcode: LN11
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Louth and Horncastle

Brinkhill is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, about five miles west of the market town of Alford and seven miles north-west of Spilsby, The village sits amongst the low hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds.

The village is listed in 1086 Domesday Book as "Brincle", with 26 households which was then considered quite large. The Lord of the Manor was Earl Hugh of Chester.[1]

Parish church

The parish church, St Philip, dates from 1857, built of red brick by Maugham and Fowler. It is a a and is a Grade II listed building.[2]

In the churchyard stands an ancient churchyard cross, the base of which dates from the 14th century, with a 19th-century alteration. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II* listed structure.[3][4]

About the village

Immediately south of Brook Farm is an abandoned moated site, at Glebe Cottage.[5]

The Greenwich Meridian line passes through the village.

Outside links

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References

  1. Brinkhill in the Domesday Book
  2. National Heritage List 1063633: Church of St Philip (Grade II listing)
  3. National Heritage List 1015163: Churchyard cross, St Philip's churchyard
  4. National Heritage List 1359715: Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Philip (Grade II* listing)
  5. National Heritage List 1016785: Glebe Cottage Moated Site Immediately South of Brook Farm (Scheduled ancient monument entry)