Wickenby

Wickenby
Church of St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby
Wickenby Wickenby shown within Lincolnshire
Population	217 (2001)
OS grid reference	TF087819
– London	130 mi (210 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN3
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°19′25″N 0°22′07″W / 53.323715°N 0.368503°W / 53.323715; -0.368503

Wickenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west from the town of Market Rasen.

Wickenby existed at the time of Domesday Book of 1086 when it consisted of fifteen households.^[1]

The parish church is a limestone Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Lawrence and dating from the 12th century, although it was restored in 1868 by George Gilbert Scott. In the east wall of the south aisle is set a brass to Henry Millner, who died in 1635.^[2]

Wickenby railway station on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway, opened in 1848 and closed in 1965.^[3]

RAF Wickenby was a Second World War military airfield, opened in 1942. During the war as it served as an RAF Bomber Command station used by Nos. 12 and 626 Squadrons. The northern part of the runway has been used as a civilian airfield, Wickenby Aerodrome, since at least the 1970s. The southern part is disused, and the south-eastern end of the runway is occupied by a poultry farm.^[4]

During the summer of 2015 a new aerobatic monoplane achieved its first flight at Wickenby. ^[5]

References

↑ "Wickenby". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "Wickenby railway station". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "RAF Wickenby". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "RAF Wickenby". Retrieved 21 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Wickenby at Wikimedia Commons

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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