Sixhills

Sixhills

Church of All Saints, Sixhills
Sixhills
Sixhills shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF170869
• London 135 mi (217 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
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

Sixhills is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Market Rasen. It lies just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford. It is in the civil parish of North Willingham.

The Church of All Saints was designed by James Fowler (1869 and 1875).[1]

Gilbertine nunnery

The village was the site of a former nunnery of the Gilbertine Order, founded in the twelfth century.[2] At the behest of Edward I Gwladys ferch Dafydd was sent there; she remained until her death in 1336.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of All Saints", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2011
  2. ↑ Page, W. (editor) (1906). "Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Sixhills, A History of the County of Lincoln". pp. 194–195. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Princes of Gwynedd, princesofgwynedd.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.


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