North Coates {sometimes called North Cotes} is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 situated close to the coast about 10 miles (16.1 km) north east of the town of Louth

Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...

. Lincolnshire

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.

The grade II* listed church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

 and is built of limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

, dating from the 13th century, although mostly rebuilt in 1865 by James Fowler

James Fowler (architect)

James Fowler JP, FRIBA, known as “Fowler of Louth”, was an English ecclesiastical architect of the Victorian Age chiefly associated with the restoration and renovation of churches....

 of Louth. The upper part of the font is 12th century and the lower part 19th century. There is a medieval scheduled standing cross in St Nicholas churchyard, with a square base south east of the south porch of the church, and believed to stand in its original position.

In the village, Ivy Cottage is a grade II* listed building dating from the early 18th century which is unaltered and in its original condition.

RAF North Coates first opened during the First World War, certainly by mid 1918 and closed in June 1919. It reopened in 1927 As an Armament Practice Camp and was redesignated in 1932 as Temporary Armament training camp. It was redesignated again in 1940 as RAF North Coates and closed in 1947 and placed on care and maintenance. Between 1954 and 1956 54 MU were stationed here and it reopened in 1963 top become Britains first Bloodhound SAM

Bloodhound SAM

The Bristol Bloodhound is a British surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s as the UK's main air defence weapon, and was in large-scale service with the Royal Air Force and the forces of four other countries. The Bloodhound Mk. I entered service in December 1958 and the last Mk...

site which closed in 1990. It is now a flying club.