Weston, Lincolnshire
| Weston | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Weston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF290249 |
| Location: | 52°48’23"N, 0°5’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,054 (2011) |
| Post town: | Spalding |
| Postcode: | PE12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Holland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Holland and The Deepings |
Weston is a village and parish in the Holland part of Lincolnshire, within the Elloe Wapentake. It is situated approximately two miles north-east of the town of Spalding. The civil parish also includes Weston Hills. The population of the civil parish including Austendike was at the 2011 census 2,054.[1]
History
There is evidence of a Romano-British settlement which consists of earthworks and pottery dating from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD.[2]
The name is from the Old English West+tun, or "West Village". It is written as "Westune" in the Domesday Book.[3]
Weston railway station on the Spalding and Norwich Railway opened in 1858 and closed in 1959.[4]
The deserted mediæval village of Wykeham was once the site of Wykeham Hall, the country residence of the prior of Spalding. All that is left today are earthworks and the ruined chapel of Saint Nicholas.[5]
Church
The ecclesiastical parish is Weston St Mary[6] It is one of the three parishes in the relatively small Cowbit group of the Deanery of West Elloe, in the Diocese of Lincoln. The parish is called Weston St Mary to differentiate it from the adjacent Weston Hills, also in the Cowbit group. The third parish is Cowbit itself.[7]
The limestone parish church is a Grade-I listed building dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from 1170. It was restored by George Gilbert Scott between 1858 and 1867, and by J. L. Pearson 1885-56. It has a 15th-century west tower, and the font dates from 1200.[8] The lychgate is a Grade-II-listed war memorial erected in 1918 of red brick and wood.[9] The churchyard cross is also Grade-II listed and a scheduled monument, being mediæval in origin with modern additions.[10]
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130453&c=Weston&d=16&e=62&g=6447196&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461245459484&enc=1. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British settlement (352152)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=352152. Retrieved 21 August 2011
- ↑ A. D. Mills (30 November 1991). A Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198691563.
- ↑ Historic England. "Weston railway station (507105)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=507105. Retrieved 21 August 2011
- ↑ Historic England. "Wykeham chapel of St Nicholas and Wykeham Hall (352309)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=352309. Retrieved 21 August 2011
- ↑ "Ecclesiastical parish map". www.achurchnearyou.com, Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/parish.php?p=210123/. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ "Ecclesiastical parish details". Diocese of Lincoln. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?17077010/. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064475: Church of St Mary, Weston
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147551: Lychgate at St Marys
- ↑ National Heritage List 1013529: Churchyard cross, St Marys
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