Croft, Lincolnshire
Croft | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Skegness | |
Postcode district | PE24 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Croft is a small village and
Croft is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 15 households, 120 acres (0.5 km2) of meadow and a salthouse.[2]
The
There is a tower windmill which is Grade II listed, built in 1814, which was raised in 1859 from four to seven storeys, and in 1949 reduced again to four. It comprises tarred red brick with brick battlements. No milling machinery survives inside.[5]
The Old Chequers Inn is a Grade II listed
Within the parish of Croft are two railway stations, one being the extant Havenhouse railway station,[7] the other the now closed Seacroft railway station.[8]
Other settlements within the parish, which is mainly rural and extends to the coast, include New England, just east of Wainfleet All Saints.
In 2011 REG Windpower announced plans to install a wind farm with six wind turbines on land at Bank House Farm near Croft.[9] The plans are at consultation stage.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north west to Great Steeping with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,288.[10]
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Croft". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 109; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ "All Saints church, Croft". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Croft Windmill". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Old Chequers Inn, Croft". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Havenhouse Railway Station (507018)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Seacroft Railway Station (507069)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Bank House Farm Wind Farm Archived 15 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 November 2011
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 August 2011.
External links
- Media related to Croft, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons