North Cockerington
- East Lindsey
- Lincolnshire
- East Midlands
- Louth and Horncastle
- List of places
- UK
- England
- Lincolnshire
North Cockerington is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-east from Louth.
Village population has fluctuated between 150 and 200 since 1801 and currently remains at just below 200, with an equal distribution of males and females.[citation needed]
North Cockerington was formerly known as Cockerington St Mary, distinguishing it from Cockerington St Leonard, now South Cockerington. In 1670 Sir Jarvis Scrope founded six tenements for poor people of North and South Cockerington.
The village has no shops or public houses. The former post office in Meadow Lane, once called Ashdene, is now Pump Cottage. The village school is North Cockerington Church of England Primary School. The school serves the villages of North and South Cockerington, Alvingham, Yarburgh as well as Louth itself.[2]
The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the village.
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Alvingham, adjacent to North Cockerington. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[3] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[4]
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.north-cockerington.lincs.sch.uk/
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Alvingham (1261895)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2014
- ^ St Mary's Church, North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 December 2016
External links
- Media related to North Cockerington at Wikimedia Commons
- North Cockerington Church of England Primary School
- v
- t
- e
(cities in italics)
- Alford
- Barton-upon-Humber
- Boston
- Bottesford
- Bourne
- Brigg
- Broughton
- Burgh le Marsh
- Caistor
- Cleethorpes
- Crowland
- Crowle
- Epworth
- Gainsborough
- Grantham
- Grimsby
- Holbeach
- Horncastle
- Immingham
- Kirton in Lindsey
- Lincoln
- Long Sutton
- Louth
- Mablethorpe
- Market Deeping
- Market Rasen
- North Hykeham
- Scunthorpe
- Skegness
- Sleaford
- Spalding
- Spilsby
- Stamford
- Sutton-on-Sea
- Wainfleet All Saints
- Woodhall Spa
- Winterton
See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire
History and notable places: Belton House, Bolingbroke Castle, Boston Stump, Cadwell Park, Cross Keys Bridge, Crowland Abbey, Donna Nook, Dunham Bridge, Far Ings, Frampton Marsh, Freiston Shore, Gibraltar Point, Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, Humber Bridge, Kinema in the Woods, Kingdom of Lindsey, Lincoln Castle,Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Cliff, Lincolnshire Fens, Market Rasen Racecourse, Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Tattershall Castle, The Wash, The Wolds, Usher Gallery, Winceby Battlefield, Woolsthorpe Manor
This Lincolnshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e