Scampton
Coordinates: 53°18′08″N 0°34′36″W / 53.3022100°N 0.5766796°W
| Scampton | |
 St John the Baptist church, Scampton |
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 Scampton
Scampton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 825 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SK949793 |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN1 2 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Scampton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Included in the parish is RAF Scampton, which first opened in 1916 as Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, becoming Scampton the following year and then closing in 1919, though it re-opened from 1936 as RAF Scampton.
It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Lincoln just off the A15. The small village is west of the RAF station, accessed from the A1500.
The Dambusters Inn at 23 High Street contains a heritage centre full of RAF and World War II memorabilia as well as food and drink. It is known as the Dambusters Inn due to its proximity to the RAF base where Operation Chastise - the air raid on the German dams - was formulated.[1]
The church of St. John the Baptist is mainly 18th century with parts from the 17th century. In its churchyard are buried many of the war dead, both British and German.
Nearby is the Church of England primary school which dates from 1870.
[edit] References
- ^ "RAF Scampton | Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysteriousbritain.co.uk. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/lincoln/hauntings/raf-scampton.html. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
[edit] External links
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