Static Image Name: | Harpswell - geograph.org.uk - 1585943.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Harpswell |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Harpswell |
Coordinates: | 53.3972°N -0.5945°W |
Population: | 391 |
Population Ref: | (Combined Hemswell+Harpswell 2011census)[1] |
Shire District: | West Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Gainsborough |
Post Town: | Gainsborough |
Postcode District: | DN21 |
Postcode Area: | DN |
Os Grid Reference: | SK935898 |
London Distance Mi: | 130 |
London Direction: | S |
Harpswell is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just west off the junction of the A631 and B1398, and 12miles north from the city and county town of Lincoln. According to the 2001 census Harpswell had a population of 65. In 2011 the Office for National Statistics issued combined results for Hemswell and Harpswell, totalling 391 in 179 households.[1]
Nearby RAF Hemswell was called Harpswell airfield when it first opened in 1916.
See main article: St Chad's Church, Harpswell. The parish church of St Chad's has a Saxon tower and was restored around 1890.[2] It is a Grade I listed building.