| East Barkwith | |
St Mary's church, East Barkwith |
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East Barkwith
East Barkwith shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 388 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF168814 |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Market Rasen |
| Postcode district | LN8 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
East Barkwith is a village and civil parish on the A157 about 14 miles (23 km) north east of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a grade II* listed building dating from the early 12th century, with later restorations, and is built of greenstone limestone and ironstone.[1]
There was a school built here which opened in January 1873 as a National School and closed in April 1987 as East Barkwith CE School.[2]
The village was served by East Barkwith railway station which opened in 1876 and closed in 1958.[3]
East Barkwith civil parish includes the village of Panton.[4] It also includes the deserted medieval village or DMV, of Hardwick, which was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086.[5][6]