Keddington Explained

Static Image Name:St.Margaret's church - geograph.org.uk - 1208135.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Margaret's Church, Keddington
Country:England
Coordinates:53.3778°N 0.0207°W
Official Name:Keddington
Population:158
Population Ref:(Including Brackenborough and Stewton. 2011)[1]
Civil Parish:Keddington
Shire District:East Lindsey
Region:East Midlands
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:LOUTH
Postcode District:LN11
Postcode Area:LN
Dial Code:01507
Os Grid Reference:TF345886
Map Type:Lincolnshire
London Distance Mi:135
London Direction:S

Keddington is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2miles north-east from Louth. Keddington Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The church was restored in 1871–73. It has a 15th-century wooden eagle lectern, and a south door with transom.[2] The eagle lectern is one of only six in England of its kind.[3]

Other Grade II listed buildings include the remains of two locks on the disused Louth Canal, four farm houses, a cottage, and the remains of Louth Abbey.[4] A Cistercian house, Louth Abbey was founded in 1139, and was dissolved at suppression in 1536. Still visible are earthworks and ruined chancel walls.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2015. 20 August 2015.
  2. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 181; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  3. Yates, Jack; Thorold, Henry: Lincolnshire – a Shell Guide; p. 85. Faber and Faber (1965).
  4. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/lincolnshire/keddington "Keddington"
  5. 354511 . Louth Abbey . 29 June 2011.