Cuxwold

Cuxwold
Church of St Nicholas, Cuxwold
Cuxwold is located in Lincolnshire
Cuxwold
Cuxwold
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTA172011
• London140 mi (230 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Rasen
Postcode districtLN7
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
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Lincolnshire
53°29′38″N 0°14′03″W / 53.493894°N 0.234267°W / 53.493894; -0.234267

Cuxwold is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Swallow, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, 4 miles (6 km) east from Caistor and 10 miles (16 km) south-west from Grimsby. In 1931 the parish had a population of 98.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Swallow.[2]

Cuxwold Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.[3] The church, of 11th-century origin but with an incorporated earlier Saxon tower arch, was considerably restored and rebuilt in 1860 by James Fowler.[4][5] The restoration was carried-out under instruction from Henry Thorold, who, in the 1870s, added a monument to his family within the church.[3] Within the village is a further Grade II listed building, Cuxwold Hall, built in 1860.[6]

Cuxwold was the location of an emergency landing ground for airplanes during the Second World War and is now the home of Grimsby Airfield.[7]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Cuxwold AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Cuxwold AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (1165350)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  4. ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 114; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  5. ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 375
  6. ^ Historic England. "Cuxwold Hall (1063506)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Cuxwold" Archived 3 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, raf-lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 21 July 2011