Winceby

Winceby
Site of Winceby Battlefield
Winceby
Winceby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF321681
• London	120 mi (190 km) SSW
Civil parish	Lusby with Winceby
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Horncastle
Postcode district	LN9

Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)

Winceby is a village in the civil parish of Lusby with Winceby (where the population the included) in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It is situated in the Lincolnshire Wolds, and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from both Horncastle and Spilsby.^[2]

The village is notable for the (Civil War) Battle of Winceby, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist army was defeated by the Roundheads at "Slash Hill".^[3]

There is a church, St Margaret's, and a garage. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve and country park, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

References

↑ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 122 Skegness & Horncastle (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319229392.
↑ "Battle of Winceby". www.battlefieldstrust.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

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