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St James church, Freiston |
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Freiston
Freiston shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 1,211 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF374440 |
| District | Boston (borough) |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | PE22 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Boston and Skegness |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Freiston is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Boston.
It is one of 18 civil parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston local government arrangement, in place since a reorganisation of 1 April 1974 which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. The parish forms part of the Coastal electoral ward. Freiston is also the location of HMP North Sea Camp, a men's open prison.
Freiston Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St James.[1] The church was originally cruciform with a central tower. The existing tower is of Perpendicular style, and the parts of the nave are Early English. The roof and chancel were restored in 1763, and the whole building in 1871.[2] An earlier rood screen was sold to the church at Fishtoft.[3]
In 1114 Freiston Priory (St James) was founded by Alan de Creon for Benedictine monks, which became a monastic cell of Crowland Abbey in 1130. Nothing remains of the priory buildings that stood on the south side of the present church, except for a Norman doorway in the south aisle that opened into the cloisters.[3]
The settlements of Haltoft End, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-north-west, and Scrane End (or Crane End), 1 mile south from Freiston, lie within the parish[2]
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Until 1914, the parish formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
Before this, Freiston had been in Skirbeck Wapentake,[4] Parts of Holland.
On its eastern side, Freiston parish adjoins The Wash.