Official Name: | Rothwell |
Country: | England |
Region: | East Midlands |
Population: | 226 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Os Grid Reference: | TF151995 |
Coordinates: | 53.4787°N -0.2676°W |
Post Town: | MARKET RASEN |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Postcode District: | LN7 |
Dial Code: | 01472 |
Civil Parish: | Rothwell |
Shire District: | West Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Gainsborough |
London Distance Mi: | 135 |
London Direction: | S |
Rothwell is a small village and civil parish in the district of West Lindsey in north-east Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 226.[1] The village is situated approximately 2.5miles south-east from Caistor and 9miles north from Market Rasen. It is 2miles east of the Viking Way. The parish covers just over 2870acres and is primarily agricultural land.[2] Rothwell's medieval church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. The Blacksmith's Arms, formerly the Nickerson Arms, was the village public house - it was situated on Hill Rise. Nickerson Seeds, owned by the EU's largest seed company Groupe Limagrain, is based in the village.
Joseph Nickerson founder of Nickerson Seeds, after whom the village pub was named