Heighington, Lincolnshire
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Coordinates: 53°12′43″N 0°27′27″W / 53.211957°N 0.457390°W
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 Heighington post office |
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 Heighington
Heighington shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 2,918 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | TF030693 |
| - London | 140 miles (230 km) S |
| District | North Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LINCOLN |
| Postcode district | LN4 1 |
| Dialling code | 01522 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Heighington is a village, located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Lincoln, England, in the district of North Kesteven.
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[edit] Geography
It adjoins to the south of Washingborough. The Peterborough to Lincoln Line passes through the west of the village. The Branston and Heighington railway station closed in the 1960s and was on the south-western edge of the village - Station Road. The nearest station is Lincoln. In 2001 it had 1,203 households and of the 1,626 people co-habiting, 1,484 were married. The village shares a county councillor with Washingborough with about 64% of people voting Conservative.
To the west of the village, the parish boundary with Washingborough follows Sheepwash Lane and at the bridge at the crossroads over the railway, follows Washingborough Road east. When travelling on the main road between the two villages, Washingborough Pits is the main demarcation. It passes along Gail Grove, a section of Lee Avenue, Sandra Crescent, along the back of the gardens of Eve Gardens to the east, then along a footpath to the north of Sunningdale Grove. It follows the footpath east, then follows a hedge northwards to meet Fen Road (B1190), passing through Moor Farm, to the east of the farm shop, and north of Willow Tree Farm, it follows Middle Fen Lane to the north-east along Heighington Fen. It passes to the north of Slate House Farm along a track, and at Boundary Farm, next to the River Witham and National Cycle Route 1 (Water Rail Way), it becomes the North Kesteven boundary, with West Lindsey and Fiskerton. At Branston Island, on the Witham, it meets Branston, and follows the Branston Delph to the south-west. Just south of Corporation Farm, at Branston Booths, it crosses Bardney Road (B1190) and Car Dyke, then follows Moor Lane, and crosses the railway. 300 metres west of the junction with Potterhanworth Road, it follows a hedge-line north, close to the east of Branston and on the eastern edge of Branston Community College playing fields. 200 metres north of the school on Branston Road, it meets the parish of Washingborough, at the point where it joins the footpath to Washingborough Top. The parish does not border Canwick.
[edit] Village
Parts of the village lie within a conservation area.[citation needed]
Heighington church[1] is dedicated to St Thomas, and in the group of Washingborough and Heighington with Canwick.[2] The building is of 12th century origin, is Grade II listed,[3] and was restored in 1619 as a chapel by Thomas Garratt, a ‘fen-adventurer’ of the fen drainage scheme. Garratt gave lands for the support of the teaching of grammar and latin and the reading of divine service within the chapel. This teaching took place until 1864-65, after which a new attached school house was built by Michael Drury, the older structure reserved for Church of England worship.[4][5] This grammar school was attached to the church until 1885, and later moved to the Thomas Garrett Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre; it closed in 1976.[citation needed]
In 1885 Kelly’s noted the presence of Wesleyan and Wesleyan Reformers chapels;[6] a grade II listed Methodist chapel still exists.[7] According to Kelly's the parish of Washingborough, which included Heighington, was of 2,147 acres, had an 1881 population of 747, and had agricultural production of chiefly wheat, oats and barley.[6]
Heighington’s further listed buildings include a manor house, farmhouse, and various houses and cottages with other attached buildings.[8]
Village pubs are the Butcher and Beast,[9] and the Turks Head on High Street.[10]
The village school is Millfield Community Primary Academy (formerly Millfield Community Primary School). To the south of the village and east of the railway line is Bracken Hill Golf Club.[citation needed]
RAF personnel have typically lived in the village owing to the proximity of RAF Waddington.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ St.Thomas' church Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ The Washingborough Group of Churches. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ "Chapel and attached school", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 164; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 569; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096208
- ^ a b Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 473
- ^ "Methodist Chapel and attached railings", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ "Listed buildings in Heighington", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ "Butcher and Beast", geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ "High Street", geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2011
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