New York, Lincolnshire

New York

New York village
New York

 New York shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF245555
District East Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district LN4 4
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Louth and Horncastle
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

New York is a hamlet in East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet has a population of less than 150 at count in 2001. It is situated in the Lincolnshire Fens, on the B1192 road 18 km north of Boston. grid reference TF245555.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks it decorated its road signs with flowers out of respect for those killed in the terrorist attacks in the United States of America.

The hamlet was named after the city of York in Yorkshire - unlike New York City in the USA, which was named after the 17th-century Duke of York, James Stuart, the future James II.

A Methodist church was built here in 1872.[1] It was sold by auction into private hands in July 2011.[2]

The hamlet is the inspiration for the Gavin Bryars piece New York.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wesleyan Methodist chapel". Pastscape - National Monument no: 1381371. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1381371&sort=4&search=all&criteria=wildmore&rational=q&recordsperpage=10. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Church sold at property auction". Horncastle News. 21 July 2011. http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/local/church_sold_for_50_000_at_property_auction_1_2888205. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Bryars: At Portage and Main; One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing; New York – review

External links

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