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St Andrew Church |
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Billingborough
Billingborough shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 1,098 |
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| OS grid reference | TF116342 |
| Parish | Billingborough |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SLEAFORD |
| Postcode district | NG34 0xx |
| Dialling code | 01529 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Billingborough is a village and civil parish[1] in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about ten miles north of Bourne and ten miles south of Sleaford on the B1177 between Horbling and Pointon just south of the A52.
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Billingborough is positioned at the edge of The Fens. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,098.
It has a pre-school, a primary school[2] and Aveland High School, formerly a secondary modern school. After a period of criticism over results, in January 2010 the Aveland school merged with a Sleaford school to form St George's Academy.[3] The catchment area for the secondary school spans the boundary of North Kesteven and South Kesteven, with many pupils living just south of Sleaford. Most Lincolnshire school catchment areas do not span district boundaries; the new academy, run from Sleaford, will perpetuate the anomaly.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew. The ecclesiastical parish is part of The Billingborough Group of the Deanery of Lafford, Diocese of Lincoln. The priest-in-charge is The Rev'd Anna Sorensen.[4]
There is a post office in Billingborough. Village pubs are the Fortescue Arms on High Street and the George and Dragon[5] on Victoria Street.
There is also an Army Cadet Force detachment next to the St.Georges Academy site. It is part of the Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force [6] and wears the cap badge of the Royal Engineers.
The name of the village comes from the post-Roman Billings tribe of invaders.
The school name, Aveland, is taken from a pre-conquest Wapentake of that name, dating back to 921. It stretched from Bourne to Threekingham. The Lafford Deanery of the church of England
The area was populous in the Middle Ages, and includes the lost village of Ouseby[7] and shrunken village of Birthorpe.[8]
St Andrews church dates to the 13th century and is in a mixture of Perpendicular Gothic and Decorated period styles.[9]
The village was formerly served by the Billingboro and Horbling railway station.[10]