North Cotes
| North Cotes | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Nicholas' Church, North Cotes | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA347001 |
| Location: | 53°28’51"N, -0°1’47"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 724 (2011) |
| Post town: | Grimsby |
| Postcode: | DN36 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
North Cotes (a name also written as ‘North Coates’) is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is just four miles inland of the North Sea coast and ten miles north-east of the town of Louth.
The parish church, St Nicholas, dates from the 13th century, although mostly rebuilt in 1865 by James Fowler of Louth. It is built of limestone. The upper part of the font is 12th-century and the lower part 19th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
There is a mediæval standing cross with square base (a scheduled monumnet) in St Nicholas churchyard, believed to be in its original position.[2]
Ivy Cottage, in the village, is a Grade II* listed building dating from the early 18th century which is unaltered and in its original condition.[3]
RAF North Coates
RAF North Coates was opened during the First World War, and closed in June 1919. It reopened in 1927 as an Armament Practice Camp, and during the Second World War was operated by Coastal Command. Post-war it was home to several Maintenance Units, but in 1963 it to become Britain's first Bloodhound surface-to-air missile site. It was closed in 1990. From 1992 various sections of the airfield and buildings were sold off. It is now home to the North Coates Flying Club.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about North Cotes) |
- "Duke Of Edinburgh Visits R.A.F. Airfield (1958), Pathé News
- Information on North Coates from GENUKI
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063126: St Nicholas North Cotes (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1018297: Churchyard Cross, North Cotes (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1307138: Ivy Cottage, North Cotes (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "RAF North Coates". RAF Lincolnshire. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/northcoates/northcoates.htm. Retrieved 14 July 2011.