New York, Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 53°04′44″N 0°08′24″W / 53.0788100°N 0.1401045°W
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 New York village |
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 New York
New York shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF245555 |
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| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN4 4 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
New York is a hamlet in East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet has a population of less than 150 at count in 2001. It is situated in the Lincolnshire Fens, on the B1192 road 18 km north of Boston. grid reference TF245555.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks it decorated its road signs with flowers out of respect for those killed in the terrorist attacks in the United States of America.
The hamlet was named after the city of York in Yorkshire - unlike New York City in the USA, which was named after the 17th-century Duke of York, James Stuart, the future James II.
A Methodist church was built here in 1872.[1] It was sold by auction into private hands in July 2011.[2]
The hamlet is the inspiration for the Gavin Bryars piece New York.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Wesleyan Methodist chapel". Pastscape - National Monument no: 1381371. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1381371&sort=4&search=all&criteria=wildmore&rational=q&recordsperpage=10. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Church sold at property auction". Horncastle News. 21 July 2011. http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/local/church_sold_for_50_000_at_property_auction_1_2888205. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Bryars: At Portage and Main; One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing; New York – review
[edit] External links
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