Static Image Name: | St.Mary's church, East Barkwith, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 94469.jpg |
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]