North Kyme

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Coordinates: 53°03′33″N 0°17′00″W / 53.059230°N 0.28343°W

North Kyme
St Luke's Church, North Kyme
North Kyme North Kyme shown within Lincolnshire
Population	456 (2001)
OS grid reference	TF151527
- London	110 mi (180 km) S
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN4
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

North Kyme is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A153 road, and 16 miles (26 km) south-east from the city and county town of Lincoln.

North Kyme has a church dedicated to Saint Luke, which was built in 1877 of red brick to a design by Drury and Mortimer, and is a Grade II listed building.^[1] It replaced an earlier church which had been pulled down during the Reformation.^[2]

The village cross dates from the 14th century and is Grade II listed, and also a scheduled monument. It was restored in the 1820s.^[3]^[4]

North Kyme Primary School opened in 1866, and was leased to the North Kyme School Board when it formed in 1879. Fire destroyed the wooden buildings of the junior and senior classrooms on 20 May 1952, but the school survived until 2005, when it closed.^[5]

The village has a public house, The Plough Inn, and a village hall.^[6]

References

↑ "St Lukes Church North Kyme". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "Lincs to the Past". St Lukes Church North Kyme. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "Market Cross North Kyme". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "Pastscape". Market Cross North Kyme. English Heritage. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "North Kyme Primary School". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Arvhives. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "North Kyme village website". Northkyme.com. Missing or empty |url= (help); |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

External links

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North Kyme village website

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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