Salmonby
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Salmonby is a village in the Lincolnshire Wolds
, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Horncastle, 10 miles (16.1 km) south of Louth
and 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Spilsby
. Tetford
parish lies to the northeast and Somersby parish to the south. The parish covers only about 1000 acres (4 km²).
An upper palaeolithic core
(a piece of flint
which has been repeatedly used to flake material from, in order to make flint tools) was found near Salmonby . The core was in good condition and has much good quality usable material, suggesting that it was probably lost rather than discarded, and has been dated at 50,000 - 10,000 years old. The find is very exciting because only one other core of this type has ever been found.
The parish contains a chalybeate spring, whose waters eventually join the Steeping River near Spilsby.
, which are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
, running from Louth
in the north, to Horncastle in the south.
The church is no longer standing, and has been gone from the graveyard for at least 25 years
There is also a local picnic spot which has some faces carved into the local sandstone cliff wall, of unknown origin or age.
Festival. Households build impressive scarecrows and display them outside their houses during May every year. The scarecrows are modelled on TV and films persons, historic figures, contemporary figures and fictional icons.
It is largely dedicated to raising funds for the 14th Church however, part of the proceeds of the weekend are shared with other local charitable organisations in the village. The Scarecrow Trail is just over one mile (1.6 km).
Lincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent...
, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Horncastle, 10 miles (16.1 km) south 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...
and 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Spilsby
Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...
. Tetford
Tetford
Tetford is both a village and a parish in the Lincolnshire Wolds, northeast of Horncastle, south of Louth and northwest of Spilsby. It is in a shallow valley, situated at the bottom of a 98 m high ridge on which runs the Bluestone Heath Road...
parish lies to the northeast and Somersby parish to the south. The parish covers only about 1000 acres (4 km²).
An upper palaeolithic core
Lithic core
In archaeology, a lithic core is a distinctive artifact that results from the practice of lithic reduction. In this sense, a core is the scarred nucleus resulting from the detachment of one or more flakes from a lump of source material or tool stone, usually by using a hard hammer percussor such...
(a piece of flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
which has been repeatedly used to flake material from, in order to make flint tools) was found near Salmonby . The core was in good condition and has much good quality usable material, suggesting that it was probably lost rather than discarded, and has been dated at 50,000 - 10,000 years old. The find is very exciting because only one other core of this type has ever been found.
History
The parish was a source of blue phosphate of iron and a great deal of iron oxide ore.The parish contains a chalybeate spring, whose waters eventually join the Steeping River near Spilsby.
Location
Salmonby lies in the Lincolnshire WoldsLincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent...
, which are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
, running from 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...
in the north, to Horncastle in the south.
Church
The church is dedicated to St Margaret.The church is no longer standing, and has been gone from the graveyard for at least 25 years
Facilities
The only pub is the Cross Keys Inn & Plates Restaurant.There is also a local picnic spot which has some faces carved into the local sandstone cliff wall, of unknown origin or age.
Tetford and Salmonby Scarecrow Festival
Tetford and its neighbour Salmonby hold an annual ScarecrowScarecrow
A scarecrow is, essentially, a decoy, though traditionally, a human figure dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by farmers to discourage birds such as crows or sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.-History:In Kojiki, the oldest surviving book in Japan...
Festival. Households build impressive scarecrows and display them outside their houses during May every year. The scarecrows are modelled on TV and films persons, historic figures, contemporary figures and fictional icons.
It is largely dedicated to raising funds for the 14th Church however, part of the proceeds of the weekend are shared with other local charitable organisations in the village. The Scarecrow Trail is just over one mile (1.6 km).