Oxcombe
| Oxcombe | |
 All Saints' Church, Oxcombe |
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  Oxcombe |
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| OS grid reference | TF311771 |
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| – London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
| Civil parish | Maidenwell |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN9 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
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Coordinates: 53°16′32″N 0°02′07″W / 53.275515°N 0.035151°W
Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles north-east from Horncastle.
Oxcombe was previously a parish in its own right, although small; in the 1870s it comprised 27 people and 4 houses[1]
To the south of Oxcombe lies the parish of Worlaby and to the east, that of Ruckland.[2]
The parish name may have been derived from the Old English oxa+coomb which means ox valley.[2]
References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius; Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72.
- 1 2 "Oxcombe (Oxcomb)"; Rootsweb Lincolnshire GenWeb Project. Retrieved 22 June 2012
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