Oxcombe | |
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All Saints' Church, Oxcombe | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF311771 |
• London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HORNCASTLE |
Postcode district | LN9 |
Dialling code | 01507 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles north-east from Horncastle.
Oxcombe was previously a parish in its own right, although small; in the 1870s it comprised 27 people and 4 houses[1]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 47.[2] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Maidenwell.[3]
To the south of Oxcombe lies the parish of Worlaby and to the east, that of Ruckland.[4]
The parish name may have been derived from the Old English oxa+coomb which means ox valley.[4]