East Barkwith Explained

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Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, East Barkwith
Country:England
Official Name:East Barkwith
Coordinates:53.3168°N -0.2478°W
Population:373
Population Ref:(Including Panton. 2011)[1]
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Market Rasen
Postcode District:LN8
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF168814
London Distance Mi:125
London Direction:S

East Barkwith is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A157, and approximately 13miles north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln,

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Grade II* listed building dating from the early 12th century, with later restorations, and is built of greenstone, limestone and ironstone.[2]

There was a school here which opened in January 1873 as a National School. and closed in April 1987 as East Barkwith CE School.[3]

The village was served by East Barkwith railway station which opened in 1876 and closed in 1958.[4]

East Barkwith civil parish includes the village of Panton.[5] It also includes the deserted medieval village (DMV), of Hardwick, which is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 23 August 2015. 11 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011034515/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122936&c=LN8+5LG&d=16&e=62&g=6446349&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440343205873&enc=1. dead.
  2. Web site: Church of St Mary, East Barkwith. British Listed Buildings. 27 June 2011.
  3. Web site: East Barkwith CE School. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 27 June 2011.
  4. Web site: East Barkwith. Disused stations – Site Record. Subterranea Britannica. 27 June 2011.
  5. 351448. Panton . 27 June 2011.
  6. 1049145. Hardwick. 27 June 2011.