Eagle, Lincolnshire
Eagle | ||
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Shire county | ||
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Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Lincoln | |
Postcode district | LN6 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
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Eagle is a village in the
The village has a primary school, post office, village hall, park, nursing home, playing field, and public house.
Toponymy
Scholars believe that the name means "Oak-tree wood or clearing.", from Old English āc, an oak-tree and Old English lēah, a forest, wood, glade or clearing, and in consequence, there is no connection to the large bird of prey, the eagle.[4]
History
Eagle appears in
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In 1921 the parish had a population of 371.[7] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Eagle and Swinethorpe".[8]
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
- Aslackby Preceptory, Kesteven (TF0830)
- Lindsey (SE8907)
- Eagle, Kesteven (SK875672)
- Great Limber, Lindsey (TA1308)
- Horkstow, Lindsey (SE9818)
- Witham Preceptory, Kesteven (SK928205)
- Temple Bruer, Kesteven (TF0054)
- Willoughton Preceptory, Lindsey (SK923931)
- Byard's Leap (SK990494) was part of the Temple Bruer estate.
Geography
The village main road is High Street, running approximately north-east to south-west. To the north of High Street the road to Scarle branches off towards the west; in the centre of the village Thorpe Road branches off towards the south-east. Church Lane on the west side of the village is a horseshoe loop joining High Street at both ends. Older maps show Green Lane, now a footpath, approximately parallel to High Street on its east.
There are three small housing estates: Falcon Close off Thorpe Lane, built in the 1960s; Hilltop Close off Scarle Lane, built in the 1970s; and Kestrel Rise off the southern High Street, built in the 1980s.
The areas and hamlets adjacent to the village are Eagle Moor, north-east; Eagle Hall, south-west; and Eagle Barnsdale, south-east. The nearest villages are Swinderby, south; North Scarle, west; and Thorpe on the Hill, east.
Eagle is excellently situated for access to the A1 going north and south via the A57 and A46 respectively. It is also only 15 minutes from Newark Northgate station with East Coast Line connections to Edinburgh, Leeds and London (90 mins travel time). Consequently, villages on the SW side of Lincoln are attracting commuters able to afford properties that would be out of reach in the SE. Eagle is home to a number of businesses including catering, software, secondhand/antiquarian books, game shooting, solar panels and horse management.
See also
References
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1061994)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ a b Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 120; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ E.Ekwall, Dictionary of English Place-Names(1987), p.155;K.Cameron, Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-names (1998), p.40; A.D. Mills, Dictionary of British Place-Names (Oxford, 2011), p.167
- ^ The Domesday Book - Lincolnshire, Phillmore & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Historic England. "Preceptory (324380)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Eagle CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-948639-47-0.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer". A History of the County of Lincoln. Victoria County History. Vol. 2. pp. 210–213. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
External links
- Media related to Eagle, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons