Kelstern
| Kelstern | |
|---|---|
 St Faith’s Church, Kelstern | |
| OS grid reference | TF252903 |
| • London | 135 mi (217 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Louth |
| Postcode district | LN11 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Kelstern is a hamlet in the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
The village is situated north from the A631 road, 5 miles (8.0 km)* north-west from Louth and 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Binbrook. The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe to the south of Kelstern, and Lambcroft to the north.[1]
Kelstern Grade II listed parish church[2] is dedicated to St Faith and is Early English in origin, but was restored in 1886.[3] The Calcethorpe with Kelstern ecclesiastical parish is now incorporated into the larger grouping of the Binbrook Group of Parishes.[4]
Calcethorpe, with South Cadeby, immediately to its south, is the site of lost medieval villages of the same names, managed by Defra to preserve wildlife.[5]
To the east of the village are Bronze Age barrows.[1]
In 1917 RAF Kelstern was established adjacent to the village as a First World War airfield,[6] and in 1942 became the Second World War home to No. 625 Squadron RAF.[7]
References
- ^ a b Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull, 1885, p. 500
- ^ Church of St Faith, Calcethorpe With Kelstern, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Kelstern, Genuki.org.uk Retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Kelstern, binbrook.org.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Calcethorpe and South Cadeby, defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ RAF Kelstern, raf-lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Kelstern – Bomber Command. Retrieved 22 June 2011
External links
Media related to Kelstern at Wikimedia Commons
