Great Limber
| Great Limber | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | GRIMSBY | |
| Postcode district | DN37 | |
| Police | Lincolnshire | |
| Fire | Lincolnshire | |
| Ambulance | East Midlands | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Great Limber is a village and
.In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1841. The parish of 4,970 acres (20 km2), including 936 acres (3.8 km2) of woodland, was farmed on four and five field systems, and produced chiefly wheat, barley and turnips. Its population in 1881 was 489.[2]
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St Peter.[3] It is built in Norman and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, and aisles, with attached chapels and south porch, and a low crenellated west tower with three bells.[2] The church was partly restored in 1873.[4] Its chancel is mostly Victorian, although its arch is 13th-century as is the font. An 1890 stained glass window in the north aisle is by Kempe.[5]
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
Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training.[6] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[7]
- 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.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp. 516, 517
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1359817)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 195, 196; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- ISBN 0-300-09620-8
- 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 Great Limber at Wikimedia Commons- "Great Limber", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2011
