Nocton
Coordinates: 53°09′54″N 0°25′08″W / 53.165020°N 0.418838°W
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 All Saints, Nocton |
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 Nocton
Nocton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 622 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF058642 |
| District | North Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN4 2 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Nocton is a village 7 miles (11 km) south of Lincoln in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen, and a small area known locally as Wasps Nest.
Within the village there are All Saints' Church,[1] Village Hall, Post Office and the historic Nocton Hall. Due to a local by-law, a village pub is not allowed. The nearest pub is Dunston's Red Lion,[2] three fields to the south of Nocton along the bridle path.
In the first four decades of the 18th century, Sir Richard Ellys of Nocton formed a collection of books which eventually went to Blickling Hall in Norfolk by inheritance in the 1740s, though most of the books were in fact kept in London. They form the core of the great library of some 12,500 books, which is now in the care of the National Trust.
Nocton Estates Light Railway was constructed in 1926 and used to transfer potatoes to the railhead at Dunston; it was also used to transfer sugar beet to the factory at Bardney. The light railway rolling stock and track were originally used to move munitions and troops to the front line in World War I.
The village shared the Nocton and Dunston railway station (GNR/GER Joint) until it was closed in 1955. Trains still run on the route from Lincoln through to Sleaford but do not stop for goods or passengers at the old Nocton and Dunston station.
On 28 May 2007 the Nocton Village Trail was opened by Douglas Hogg QC MP.[3] The trail leads around the village and stops off at each of the village artworks.
Historically Nocton fell within the Langoe Wapentake area of Kesteven until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1888.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nocton |
- MACLA Local Area News Magazine
- Nocton Cricket Club
- Nocton Village Trail
- All Saints Church Nocton
- Nocton County Primary School
- Lincolnshire Public Art Network: Nocton Village Trail
- Nocton Park Priory
- Lincolnshire Walks site
- DEFRA Nocton Estates walk
- DEFRA Nocton Grange walk
- Nocton Village Walk
- Stepping Out: Nocton and Dunston Village Walk
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