Kirton in Lindsey

Not to be confused with Kirton in Holland.

Kirton-in-Lindsey
Kirton Lindsey
Mount Pleasant Mill
Kirton-in-Lindsey  Kirton-in-Lindsey shown within Lincolnshire
Population	2,694 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SK936986
– London	135 mi (217 km)  SSE
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GAINSBOROUGH
Postcode district	DN21
Dialling code	01652
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Scunthorpe
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Kirton-in-Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west from the A15 road, and approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Scunthorpe. The town was the home of Catherine Parr.

History

Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey after she married her first husband, Sir Edward Burgh. Edward's father, Sir Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh was a steward to the manor of the soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey. In October 1530, Sir Thomas secured a joint patent in survivorship with his son, Sir Edward Burgh, granting them a modest manor.

Government

Historically part of the West Riding of the parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, Kirton became part of Glanford Brigg poor law union in the 19th century and thus ended up in Glanford Brigg Rural District from 1894 and then from 1974 to 1996 the Glanford district of Humberside. This became part of North Lincolnshire in 1996.

Geography

Kirton-in-Lindsey [1] is distinguished from another Kirton in Lincolnshire, Kirton in Holland. The 2001 Census recorded a total resident population of 2,694.

The town is situated half on top, and half on the side of a ridge, part of the Lincoln Cliff. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south from the M180 motorway and 8 miles (12.9 km) south from the centre of Scunthorpe. The B1398 Lincoln to Scunthorpe road passes through the town, as does the B1400 which runs down the north side of the ridge to Messingham as the Cleatham Road. The A15 road is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. Grayingham, and the Lincolnshire boundary along the B1205, is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south. The town is served on Saturdays by Kirton Lindsey railway station, on the B1400, and is the site of RAF Kirton in Lindsey. North of the town, on the ridge next to the B1398, is Mount Pleasant Mill; from here is a view [2] over the Trent Valley.

Economy

There are independent shops on High Street and in the market place, including a butchers, bakery, sandwich shop, sweet shop and hair and beauty salons. A physiotherapy clinic is located in the Town Hall.

RAF Kirton in Lindsey, situated between the B1400 and B1398 on top of the ridge to the south-east of the town, closed at the end of March 2012. It was called the Rapier Barracks [3] until 2004 when it returned to the RAF, and has a golf course and a Gliding Club.

Education

The local secondary modern > comprehensive > single status academy school is Huntcliff School, (named after Alderman W.Hunt), on Redbourne Mere (B1206), which received a Grade 2 "good" Ofsted report in 2010. There is also a primary school.

Huntcliff School

St Andrew's Church

Religious sites

The United Mission Church of St Andrew is on St Andrews Street and includes Anglican, Methodist and Baptist congregations. There was a Salvation Army Hall, formerly a Primitive Methodist church; the building is no longer standing.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Kirton in Lindsey Town Council