Wragby
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Wragby is a small town located approximately 10 miles North West from Horncastle and about 11 miles from Lincoln, Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, UK.
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[edit] History
Wragby is named in the Domesday Book as Waragebi. It used to be a market town and Staging Centre (charter dating back to Charles II). There also used to be a railway station (now a house), a windmill and a Grammar School (also a house).
The windmill was built in 1831 by the millwright Ingledew, and was powered by the wind with six big sails until 1903 when an oil engine took over.
[edit] Education
[edit] Pre-Schools
There is a pre-school that is adjacent to the primary school.
[edit] Primary Schools
There is a primary school which educates just under 200 pupils from reception to Year 6.
[edit] Secondary Schools
There is no secondary school in Wragby but the closest secondary schools are:
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
- Banovallum School
- William Farr School
- Cherry Willingham Community School
[edit] Transport Links
There is a regular bus service linking Wragby to Horncastle, Spilsby and Skegness (eastward) and also Lincoln (westward). The operating company is Stagecoach in Lincolnshire.
[edit] Sports / Activities
Wragby currently has a number of different age groups for football; there is a men's team, currently playing in Division 3 of the Sills and Betteridge Lincoln Sunday League, as well as under-14, under-12 and under-10 teams, playing in the Mid-Lincs youth league. There is also a Youth Club and Young Farmers Club.
[edit] Claim to fame!!??
The original recording of Tainted Love by Soft Cell was produced in Wragby.
