Burton Pedwardine
| Burton Pedwardine | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Burton Pedwardine | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF118422 |
| Location: | 52°57’55"N, 0°20’10"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 187 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode: | NG34 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Burton Pedwardine is a hamlet in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. The population at the 2011 census was 187. The hamlet is about four miles south-east of the market town of Sleaford and south-west of the village of Heckington.
Burton Pedwardine is named after a Herefordshire family, the Pedwardines, who acquired the hall and manor through marriage about 1330.[1]
Parish church
The village church, St Andrew was rebuilt by Sir Roger Pedwardine in the early 14th century on a cruciform plan with central tower. The tower collapsed in 1802, and the church was rebuilt. It was again rebuilt in Decorated style in 1870, retaining its original transept from the pre-1802 church.
A grille for the exhibition of relics, and a lead effigy of Dame Alice Pedwardine (c.1350), wife of Roger, lie in the east wall. Against the west wall is the tomb of Thomas Horsman (d. 1610), with effigies of Horsman and his wife Mary. The west wall contains decorative Saxon and Norman elements.[1]
The church is a Grade II listed building.[2]
About the village
Within the parish is the site of Mareham Grange, which was the property of Sir Thomas Horsman in the late 16th, early 17th century. Earlier it was held by Sempringham Priory. The site may also have been the location of Mareham or Cold Mareham, a lost mediæval village.[3] Near the Mareham Grange earthworks is the base of a 15th-century wayside cross.[1]
A further Grade II listed building is Glebe Farmhouse on the village's Main Street.[4]
A notable murder occurred in the parish in 1728, when Captain Thomas Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace, killed a bailiff named Pennystone Warden of Ewerby. The captain was committed to Lincoln Castle by two of his fellow magistrates and subsequently sentenced to death at Lincoln Assizes.[5][6]
The Peterborough to Lincoln Railway Line runs past the village with both Scredington Road and White Cross Lane passing over the railway.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 87; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ National Heritage List 1061836: Church of St Andrew
- ↑ Grange&resourceID=2 National Monuments Record: No. Mareham Grange
- ↑ National Heritage List 1168511: Glebe Farmhouse
- ↑ Creasey, James (1825). Sketches, illustrative of the Topography and History of New and Old Sleaford. p.182
- ↑ Codd, Daniel (2013). Tales from the Gibbet Post (The Murderous Magistrate). Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Kindle Edition. ASIN: B00D2B8OWA