Dunholme
Coordinates: 53°18′03″N 0°27′59″W / 53.300758°N 0.46628393°W
| Dunholme | |
 Church of St. Chad, Dunholme |
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 Dunholme
Dunholme shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 1,681 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF023792 |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN2 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Dunholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the A46 six miles north-east of Lincoln.
According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,681.
Dunholme has a post office and village shop, St. Chad's CE primary school on Ryland Road,[1] and The Lord Nelson public house on Market Rasen Road.[2]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Chad and is a grade I listed building, built in the Early English style.[3] It has a kneeling effigy to Robert Grantham (d. 1616), and was restored in 1856 and 1892.[4]
RAF Dunholme Lodge airfield was used by RAF Bomber Command during World War II. It closed in 1964 and little remains, although the William Farr School was built on it.
[edit] References
- ^ "St Chad School". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.lincstothepast.com/DUNHOLME-ST-CHAD-S-CE-PRIMARY-SCHOOL/710008.record?pt=S. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ "Pubs & Inns", picturesofengland.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011
- ^ "St Chad, Dunholme". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=349563&sort=4&search=all&criteria=DUNHOLME&rational=q&recordsperpage=10. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 119; Methuen & Co. Ltd
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