Willoughton
Coordinates: 53°25′37″N 0°36′05″W / 53.426926°N 0.601379°W
| Willoughton | |
 St Andrews, Willoughton |
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 Willoughton
Willoughton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 330 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SK930931 |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gainsborough |
| Postcode district | DN21 5SE |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Willoughton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 330. It is 13 miles (21 km) north of Lincoln just off the A15 and near to Kirton Lindsey.
The church of St. Andrew was built in 1794 to replace earlier buildings on the site and restored in 1888. It is of Georgian style, rather unusual in Lincolnshire.[1] There was a Primitive Methodist church[2] in the village for many years which closed in 1979 and has since been converted into apartments.
Willoughton has a post office and village shop, a primary school, village hall and a pub, the Stirrup.
It is also the place where the names Willerton and Willoughton originate.[citation needed]
[edit] Lincolnshire preceptories
Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire where they had a number of preceptories on property which provided income while Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training. The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[3]
- Aslackby Preceptory, Kesteven (TF0830)
- Bottesford, Lindsey (SE8907)
- Eagle, Kesteven (SK875672)
- Gainsborough, Lindsey (SK8189)
- Great Limber, Lindsey, (TA1308)
- Horkstow, Lindsey (SE9818)
- South Witham, Kesteven (SK928205)
- Temple Bruer, Kesteven (TF0054)
- Willoughton, Lindsey (SK9393)
- Byard's Leap (SK990494) was part of the Temple Bruer estate.
[edit] References
- ^ "National monument record:Church". http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=327138. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "National monument record:Chapel". http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1381378. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Lincoln. Victoria County History. 2. pp. 210-213 'Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer'. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38047. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
[edit] External links
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