Maltby le Marsh
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Maltby le Marsh is a village in Lincolnshire
, England
, between Alford
and Mablethorpe
. The village is at the junction of the A1104 and the A157
.
The village has a shop, a newsagent and a post office
, Maltby Service Station (petrol station), Oham (fishing
lakes), the Crown Inn, and the Turks Head (both pubs).
The tower mill
is disused and the sails have been removed, but the brick base still survives. A post mill existed at one time, but all trace of this has now gone.
Formerly there was a 12th century Anglican church, a Baptist
chapel and a Methodist chapel. The Anglican church is disused, but the village shares the church in Beesby. The Baptist chapel has been converted into a house. The village hall, which is shared with Strubby
and Beesby, was converted from the Methodist chapel.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, between Alford
Alford, Lincolnshire
- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....
and Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...
. The village is at the junction of the A1104 and the A157
A157 road
The A157 is an A-road in Lincolnshire, England. It runs between Wragby and Maltby le Marsh and is single carriageway for its entire length .- Route :...
.
The village has a shop, a newsagent and a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, Maltby Service Station (petrol station), Oham (fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
lakes), the Crown Inn, and the Turks Head (both pubs).
The tower mill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
is disused and the sails have been removed, but the brick base still survives. A post mill existed at one time, but all trace of this has now gone.
Formerly there was a 12th century Anglican church, a Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
chapel and a Methodist chapel. The Anglican church is disused, but the village shares the church in Beesby. The Baptist chapel has been converted into a house. The village hall, which is shared with Strubby
Strubby
Strubby is a village north of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of Strubby and Woodthorpe Civil Parish, along with the nearby hamlet of Woodthorpe....
and Beesby, was converted from the Methodist chapel.