North Kyme
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North Kyme is a village and civil parish
on the A153 road, in the North Kesteven
district, in the county of Lincolnshire
, England. North Kyme is located near the larger village of Billinghay
.
North Kyme has a church dedicated to Saint Luke, which was built in 1877 of red brick to a design by Drury and Mortimer, and is a Grade II listed building. It replaced an earlier church which had been pulled down during the Reformation
.
The village cross dates from the 14th century and is Grade II listed, and also a scheduled monument. It was restored in the 1820s.
North Kyme Primary School opened in 1866, and was leased to the North Kyme School Board when it formed in 1879. A fire destroyed the wooden buildings of the junior and senior classrooms on 20th May 1952, but the school survived until 2005 when it eventually closed.
The village has a public house
, the Plough, and a village hall.
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...
on the A153 road, in the North Kesteven
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...
district, in the county of 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. North Kyme is located near the larger village of Billinghay
Billinghay
Billinghay is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about ten miles north-east of Sleaford. The village lies along the B1189 road near the junction with the A153. Just south of the village towards Sleaford is North Kyme...
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North Kyme has a church dedicated to Saint Luke, which was built in 1877 of red brick to a design by Drury and Mortimer, and is a Grade II listed building. It replaced an earlier church which had been pulled down during the Reformation
Reformation
- Movements :* Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement...
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The village cross dates from the 14th century and is Grade II listed, and also a scheduled monument. It was restored in the 1820s.
North Kyme Primary School opened in 1866, and was leased to the North Kyme School Board when it formed in 1879. A fire destroyed the wooden buildings of the junior and senior classrooms on 20th May 1952, but the school survived until 2005 when it eventually closed.
The village has a public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
, the Plough, and a village hall.