Sixhills Explained

Static Image Name:Sixhills Church - geograph.org.uk - 186073.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of All Saints, Sixhills
Country:England
Official Name:Sixhills
Coordinates:53.3666°N -0.2416°W
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Market Rasen
Postcode District:LN8
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF170869
London Distance Mi:135
London Direction:S

Sixhills is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3miles south-east from Market Rasen. It lies just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford. It is in the civil parish of North Willingham.

The Church of All Saints was designed by James Fowler (1869 and 1875).

Gilbertine nunnery

The village was the site of a former nunnery of the Gilbertine Order, founded in the 12th century.[1] At the behest of Edward I, Gwladys ferch Dafydd was sent there where she remained until her death in 1336.[2] A Scottish princess, Christina Bruce, was also imprisoned there from 1306 to 1315.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: A History of the County of Lincoln . Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Sixhills . 2 . William Page . 194-105 . Victoria County History . London . 1906 . 10 July 2024 . British History Online.
  2. Web site: The Successors . Princes of Gwynedd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613013840/http://www.princesofgwynedd.com/characters-the-successors.html . 13 June 2013 . 10 July 2024.