Little Steeping

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Little Steeping
Lincolnshire

Little Steeping railway station
Location
Grid reference: TF438627
Location: 53°8’34"N, -0°8’55"E
Data
Population: 212  (2011)
Post town: Spilsby
Postcode: PE23
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Boston and Skegness

Little Steeping is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, about three miles south-east of the town of Spilsby

The parish church, St Andrew's, dates from the 14th century, with alterations in 1638 and 1701, and later restorations.[1][2]

The church and is a Grade II* listed building.[3] A cross in the churchyard is Grade II listed and a scheduled monument.[4][5]

Little Steeping railway station opened on 2 October 1848 for the Great Northern Railway, and closed 15 June 1964. It had two narrow platforms with the main station buildings on the down side of the line, and the signalbox opposite on the up side.[6]

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References

  1. National Monuments Record: No. 355421 – Church of St Andrews
  2. "Saint Andrews Church". Lincs to the past. Lincolnshire Archives. p. MLI42231. http://www.lincstothepast.com/St-Andrew-s-Church--Little-Steeping/228875.record?pt=S. Retrieved 29 May 2011. 
  3. National Heritage List 1267204: Church of St Andrews (Grade II listing)
  4. National Heritage List 1014939: Churchyard cross, St Andrew's churchyard (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
  5. National Heritage List 1267205: Churchyard Cross, St Andrews (Grade II listing)
  6. Little Steeping: Disused Stations