East Kirkby
| East Kirkby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Nicholas, East Kirkby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF336624 |
| Location: | 53°8’32"N, 0°0’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 303 (2011, incl. Hagnaby) |
| Post town: | Spilsby |
| Postcode: | PE23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
East Kirkby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is situated seven miles south-east of Horncastle, and on the A155 road.
Churches
The parish church, St Nicholas, is of the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] The church tower and nave arcades]] are of Decorated Gothic style, and the chancel screen, Perpendicular Gothic. In the south aisle is a 14th-century slab to Sir Robert Sylkestone (d. 1347), founder of the chantry.[2]
A Wesleyan chapel was established in 1862.[3]
About the village
East Kirkby has a disused 1820 Grade II listed tower mill.[4]
The village's public house is the Red Lion on Fen Lane.
The Greenwich Meridian passes just to the east of East Kirkby through the former RAF East Kirkby airfield, which has a meridian marker. The airfield was a Second World War Royal Air Force station, part of which now houses the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
East Kirkby was the birthplace of Thomas Goodrich, or Goodricke (1494–1554)., who was Bishop of Ely between 1533 and 1554) and Lord Chancellor of England from 1551.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Kirkby) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1168096: Church of St Nicholas (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 183, 184; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 604
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063569: East Kirkby Windmill (Grade II listing)
