Quarrington, Lincolnshire
Quarrington | ||
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Village | ||
Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Sleaford | |
Postcode district | NG34 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Quarrington is a village and former
Quarrington was a rural community during the early and middle
The medieval
History
Early
Scattered Palaeolithic and Bronze Age materials have been discovered in and around Quarrington but while nearby Old Sleaford is known to have been settled in the Iron Age and occupied by the Romans, there is little evidence for sustained pre-Saxon settlement at Quarrington.[1]
Medieval
Between 1992 and 1995, archaeologists evaluating 34 trenches across 13 hectares of land around the village uncovered 56 ditches or gullies, a number of
Quarrington's medieval name was recorded in the
Excavations have revealed later medieval pits and pottery in the village, with ditches reflecting a predominantly agricultural use of the land.
Early and later modern
The Bishop of Lincoln alienated his lands at Quarrington to the Crown in 1547; they passed to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector, but reverted to the Crown on his attainder for treason in 1549. Mary I granted them to Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton and later Earl of Lincoln, who sold them to Robert Carre of Sleaford in 1559. Carre acquired numerous manors, including Old and New Sleaford, during the mid-16th century and they passed through marriage from his male-line descendants to the Earls (later Marquesses) of Bristol.[16][17] A 1563 diocesan return shows that 17 families lived in the village and 120 people took Holy Communion;[15][18] by the early 18th century, the diocesan visitations by Edmund Gibson show the number of families had risen to 35.[15] The local historian Edward Trollope recorded few changes in the early modern period, with the exception of a fire that burnt down the rectory in 1760; it was rebuilt in c. 1845.[16] Two 17th-century buildings still exist: the Bristol Farmhouse[19] and the coursed rubble Manor House, which one "widow Timberland" occupied in 1691.[16][20]
The town's fields were
Most of the land remained in possession of the Marquesses of Bristol throughout the 20th century, but from the 1970s the indebted
Geography
Topography
Quarrington is a settlement south west of Sleaford, a
Climate
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: new temperature records.(September 2022) |
According to the
Climate data for Cranwell 1981–2010 62 m asl (weather station 3.5 miles (6 km) to the NW of Sleaford) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50.9 (2.00) |
36.3 (1.43) |
41.6 (1.64) |
47.3 (1.86) |
50.1 (1.97) |
56.6 (2.23) |
54.0 (2.13) |
58.1 (2.29) |
51.9 (2.04) |
58.0 (2.28) |
53.9 (2.12) |
49.9 (1.96) |
608.6 (23.96) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 64.1 | 81.3 | 115.4 | 153.5 | 200.7 | 187.0 | 200.3 | 187.5 | 147.9 | 117.0 | 72.8 | 59.6 | 1,587.1 |
Source: "Sleaford Climate". Met Office. Retrieved 10 January 2015. |
Government and politics
Before 1832, Quarrington was in the Lincolnshire parliamentary constituency, which encompassed all the county except for four boroughs. In the 1818 election, 49 of the 2,000 people living in New and Old Sleaford and Quarrington qualified to vote. In 1832, the Reform Act widened the franchise and divided Lincolnshire. Quarrington was in the South Lincolnshire constituency that elected two members to parliament.[42][43] The franchise was widened by the reforms so that roughly 15% (202) of males in Sleaford and Quarrington could vote in 1868.[44] The constituency was abolished in 1885 and Quarrington was in the new North Kesteven constituency. It merged with the Grantham seat in 1918.[45] In 1997, Quarrington was reorganised into Sleaford and North Hykeham.[46]
The
The ancient parish of Quarrington lay within
Economy
In 1831, more than 60% of Quarrington's adult males worked in agriculture and more than a quarter were employed in retail and handicraft industries;
Demographics
Historic Population | |
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Year | Ancient/Civil Parish[63] |
1801 | 101 |
1811 | 109 |
1821 | 132 |
1831 | 184 |
1841 | 236 |
1851 | 264 |
1881 | 365 |
1891 | 454 |
1901 | 865 |
1911 | 1,649 |
1921 | 1,709 |
1931 | 2,044 |
1951 | 1,935 |
Abolished in 1974 |
At the 2011 Census, Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham ward had an estimated total population of 7,046, which accounts for roughly 6.5% of the total population of North Kesteven.[64] After Quarrington civil parish was abolished in 1974, the population statistics for the new Sleaford parish which absorbed it were divided into four wards, which did not necessarily correspond to the former boundaries of Quarrington CP.[n 2] The town's population (including Quarrington) grew by 39% between 1991 and 2001, the fastest growth rate of any town in Lincolnshire;[65] this has been attributed in part to the developments around Quarrington since the 1980s[66] and a joint planning strategy report found that "This growth has largely been the result of people moving to the area attracted by the quality of life, low crime rates, relatively low house prices and good-quality education."[67] The district population is predicted to rise by a further 29% between 2008 and 2033, compared with a national average of 18%;[65] in 2013, county councillors approved plans to build 4,500 new homes.[68]
The 2011 Census revealed that approximately 94.3% of Quarrington and Mareham ward's resident population were White British; the second largest ethnic group was White (other) at 3.0%, then Asian (including Asian British) at 0.7%, followed by White Irish at approximately 0.6%, Black, Afro-Caribbean and Black British at 0.2% and Arab at 0.1%; no other ethnic group represented 1% or more of the population. 88.0% of residents were born in England and 4.9% in other parts of the United Kingdom; 4.0% were from EU countries, with 2.0% coming from EU member states which joined after March 2001.[69] Most people in the Quarrington and Mareham ward identified as Christian. 72.5% of the residents stated they were Christian and 26.5% registered as "no religion" or chose not to state any; no other group constituted more than 1% of the population.[69]
Between December 2013 and November 2014, 1,289 criminal acts were reported in the policing neighbourhood of Sleaford Town (which includes Quarrington), of which 43.9% were classed as anti-social behaviour, making it the largest portion of reported crimes.[70] In 2010, recorded crime levels were amongst the lowest in the country and, for the year ending June 2014, the crime rate in the North Kesteven district is the lowest in Lincolnshire at 24.38 crimes per thousand residents.[67][71]
Religion
In the 17th century, the
The grade II* listed St Botolph's Church serves Quarrington's Anglican community. Its 13th-century north arcade is the oldest part of the church. The tower and spire date to the following century and St Botolph's listing reflects the "excellent" 14th century tracery in two of its windows. The chancel was rebuilt when Charles Kirk restored the church in 1862−3 and an extension was completed in 2001.[78][79] The church had 120 sittings at the Census of Religious Worship in 1851; there were 20 morning attendees, 40 who came to the church in the afternoon and 20 Sunday scholars.[80] As of 2015, family services are held on the first Sunday of the month at 11:00am and Holy Communion is carried out every second, third and fourth Sunday at 11:00am and every Wednesday at 10:00am.[77] In the early 1900s a second church was designed to be built on donated land in the parish but closer to Sleaford. Disruption during World War I, parish boundary changes in 1928 and rising costs delayed the plans. Instead, a church hall was built in 1932 on Grantham Road and is now used as a community centre. The current rectory was constructed c. 2000 and a curate's house of a similar age was being rented by the Church of England in 2009.[81]
Transport
Holdingham roundabout connects the A17 to the A15 road from Peterborough to Scawby. The A15 passed through Quarrington and Sleaford until 1993 when its bypass was completed.[82][83] The main route through the village is Grantham Road (B1517) which connects the A15 to Southgate in Sleaford. London Road forks from it after the railway crossing in Sleaford and continues along the eastern edge of Quarrington to Silk Willougby and the A15.[84]
The nearest railway stations are at
Education
The 1833 House of Commons enquiry into education in England found that Quarrington had no schools[91] and still had none in the 1860s when New Quarrington was emerging. The lack of school and an accessible church became a cause for concern. The Marquess of Bristol gave an acre of land on the western edge of New Quarrington, between London and Grantham Roads, on which to build a school.[92] Sleaford architect Charles Kirk constructed the school and master's house at his own expense in 1867 for "to provide a place where the adults and children only of the labouring and other poorer classes of Quarrington and Old Sleaford may be instructed in the catechism and doctrine and worship of the Church of England".[93][94] The school operated along the National Society's recommended lines, with two teachers and 65 pupils on roll in 1870. The school could accommodate c. 100 children and had an attached chancel.[95] The school was extended in 1898, the 1960s and 1980s.[94] The successor, St Botolph's Church of England School, moved out of the old premises into new accommodation in 2002.[94][96] As of 2015, the school is a voluntary controlled mixed primary school admitting juniors and infants with 394 pupils on roll, and was rated "good" by Ofsted.[97]
Sleaford is served by three
See also
- Listed buildings in Sleaford, which includes the one grade II* and five grade II listed buildings in Quarrington.
References
Notes
- ^ The Bishop's tenants included Osmund and Hugh Rufus, who each held two carucates. He unsuccessfully claimed a parcel of land in the settlement held by one Archil and few small parcels were held by other men: one bovate of land in Quarrington was soke to Earl Morcar's manor at Kirkby la Thorpe, while Osgerius had five acres of meadow and half a carucate, and one Waldin Brito tried to claim 14 acres.[13]
- ^ The statistics for Sleaford were recorded as follows:
- Census of the United Kingdom. 1971. Data accessed via Casweb (UK Data Service: Census Support). Based on population totals for Sleaford North (2,123), East (1,494), West (2,039) and South (2,322) Wards.
- Census of the United Kingdom. 1981. Data accessed via Casweb (UK Data Service: Census Support). Based on population totals for Sleaford North (2,606), East (1,781), West (1,983) and South (2,133) Wards.
- Census of the United Kingdom. 1991. Data accessed via Casweb (UK Data Service: Census Support). Based on population totals for Sleaford North (2,732), East (1,794), West (2,111) and South (3,357) Wards.
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External links
- Media related to Quarrington, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
- St Botolph's Church, Quarrington