Belleau, Lincolnshire
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Coordinates: 53°17′09″N 0°06′07″E / 53.285948°N 0.10183744°E
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 St John Baptist church, Belleau |
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 Belleau
Belleau shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF 40214 78613 |
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| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN13 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Belleau is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 8 miles south-east from Louth, and 4 miles north-west from Alford. The Bellau parish includes the hamlet of Claythorpe.
The village name is taken from the spring of the rivulet Eau which rises in the village.[1]
The Grade II listed parish church of Belleau is dedicated to St John the Baptist.[2] The church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1862. Near the church are the remains of an old manor house, the former home of the Earls of Lindsey.[1][3]
Other Bellau listed buildings are a pigeoncote[4] and barn[5] at Manor Farm.
According to the 2001 census Belleau had a population of 18.
[edit] Notable residents
- Henry Vane the Younger, Puritan leader[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 58-59; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ "Church of St John the Baptist", English Heritage; retrieved 28 June 2011
- ^ "Bellau", genuki.org.uk; retrieved 28 June 2011
- ^ "Pigeoncote at Manor Farm", English Heritage; retrieved 28 June 2011
- ^ "Barn at Manor Farm", English Heritage; retrieved 28 June 2011
[edit] External links
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