Gedney Hill
| Gedney Hill | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Gedney Hill tower mill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF336115 |
| Location: | 52°41’8"N, 0°1’27"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 737 (2011) |
| Post town: | Spalding |
| Postcode: | PE12 |
| Dialling code: | 01406 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Holland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Holland and The Deepings |
Gedney Hill is a village in Holland, the south-east part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 737. The village stands situated close to the border of Cambridgeshire to the south, and about nine miles south-east of Spalding, eight miles west of Wisbech and nine miles south of Holbeach.[1]
The name Gedney is from the Old English Gædan ieg, meaning "Gæda's Island", after an otherwise unknown founder.[2]
Parish church
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The parish church, Holy Trinity. Dating from the late 14th century, it was heavily restored in 1874-75 by James Fowler]]. The Victorian restoration included the entire rebuilding of the outer walls.
The arcades are supported by octagonal oak piers, and the roof by Perpendicular-style tie-beams. The stained glass east window is by Ward and Hughes.[3][4]
The church is a Grade II* listed building[5]
At the south of the churchyard, which also contains war graves of two airmen of the Second World War,[6] is a listed 15th-century cross, restored in 1918.[7]
The ecclesiastical parish of Gedney Hill is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East.
About the village
In 1885, Kelly's Directory noted the existence of an 1859-60 built school, endowed with church lands and holding 100 pupils, agricultural production of wheat, oats, potatoes and beans, and the French Drove railway station.[8]
The French Drove and Gedney Hill railway station on the branch line between Postland and Murrow closed in 1964. The line was part of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.[9]
Gedney Hill Golf Club, designed by Charles Britton in 1989, has a 5257-yard parkland course of 18 holes.[10]
Other notable buildings include Gedney Hill Mill,[11][12] and the Red Lion public house.[13]
See also
- Gedney
- Gedney Broadgate
- Gedney Drove End
- Gedney Dyke
- Gedney Marsh
- Gedney Church End.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Gedney Hill) |
- Information on Gedney Hill from GENUKI
- Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire: A Vision of Britain through Time
- "Gedney Hill and District Memorial Hall", Roll-of-honour.com
References
- ↑ "Parish Council web site". Lincolnshire County council. http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/GedneyHill/. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 136; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 537
- ↑ National Heritage List 1146771: Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ CWGC , War Graves:Cemetery Reportdetails from casualty record.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064525: Cross to south of church
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 414
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 507009 – French Drove and Gedney Hill Station
- ↑ "Gedney Hill Golf Club", Golftoday.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2013
- ↑ National Heritage List 1146795: Gedney Hill Mill (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 498122 – Gedney Hill Mill
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359240: The Red Lion Public House (Grade II listing)
| Gedney and Gedney Marsh, in Lincolnshire |
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Gedney • Gedney Broadgate • Gedney Church End • Dawsmere • Gedney Drove End • Gedney Dyke • Gedney Hill • Gedney Marsh |
