East Keal Explained

Country:England
Official Name:East Keal
Static Image Name:St Helen, East Keal - geograph.org.uk - 430623.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Helen, East Keal
Coordinates:53.1522°N 0.0575°W
Civil Parish:East Keal
Population:366
Population Ref:(2011 census)[1]
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:Spilsby
Postcode District:PE23
Postcode Area:PE
Os Grid Reference:TF376636
London Distance Mi:115
London Direction:S

East Keal is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[2] It is situated approximately 13miles north from the town of Boston, 2miles south from the town of Spilsby, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853 - 54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features. It is a Grade II* listed building.[3] Edmund de Grimsby, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s.

East Keal CE School was built as a parochial school in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a Junior School in 1950, and closed in 1968.[4]

The small village of Keal Cotes lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal.

The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folklorist Ethel Rudkin.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 19 August 2015. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: East Keal CP/AP. https://archive.today/20121224100402/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10427060&c_id=10001043. dead. 24 December 2012. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 18 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Church of St Helen, East Keal. British Listed Buildings. 18 May 2011.
  4. Web site: East Keal CE School. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.
  5. Brown. Theo. 1986-01-01. Obituary: Ethel H. Rudkin, 1893–1985. Folklore. 97. 2. 222–223. 10.1080/0015587X.1986.9716384. 0015-587X.